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Of querfs and queefs
The strategic shenanigans behind the legal shenanigans
Eyes down. Look in. For a somewhat deeper dive on last week’s ruling. Not the precise legality of it, because I am not a lawyer. More a long-term writer on the law. So come to me not for the fine legal analysis, but for a politician’s (and a cynic’s) take on the anti-trans strategy that brought us to Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling.
Now read on…
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On Thursday I wrote a piece for Huff Post. In it, I outlined my thoughts on how we got here, and for that, it may be worth a read. Also, since they don’t pay for pieces of this type, I have also borrowed just a bit from what I said there.
My bad!
I began by confessing error. Or rather, complacency. I felt — and to an extent, still do — that trans people could not be denied rights, because we were protected in depth. First, by the Gender Recognition Act (GRA), that recognised trans people as their identified gender. In law. Second by the Equality Act (EA), that gave expression to how that fact should play out in day to day living. And behind that, a shadowy figure lurking in the background, the UK’s commitment to Human Rights (HR).
