I dont want UK people with any protected characteristic (inc gender reassignment) to give up any equality legal rights they actually have currently. What those precisely are is matter of proper legal interpretation, context specific and balanced with conflicting rights of others

@AudreySuffolk Policies are giving priority to the PC of gender reassignment over the other characteristics. The fear of litigation by people claiming a trans identity is pushing commercial organisations to prioritise men’s feelings over women’s safety. We have to repeal the GRA and amend 1/2

@AudreySuffolk the Equality Act 2010 to remove the PC of gender reassignment or we will watch women become third class citizens in our lifetime. If men are allowed to use women’s faciities people like me will self-exclude. That is not reasonable. 2/2

@Polly67890 If one puts the sex based exceptions to one side (in that we ensure they are properly provided to prevent indirect sex, R&B etc discrimination), do you want trans people to be discriminated against on grounds of GR in employment housing etc? I dont

@AudreySuffolk I think that people claiming a trans belief or identity can be protected under the characteristic of “religion or belief”. That protects them from unfair discrimination for employment or housing. FWIW I do not believe that anyone is genuinely trans but then I don’t believe 1/2

@Polly67890 I am not convinced that legally R&B protects them. They are being sacked/evicted because they are trans/perceived as trans (not because of what they believe) ; and also some trans people wont be judged to have a protected belief.

@AudreySuffolk Do you believe that some people are “genuinely trans”? I know I don’t. The people who have this condition need help and support but encouraging their delusion does not seem kind or helpful.

@Polly67890 I think most trans people genuinely feel as they say they do. But even if I didn't, I still wouldn't want them unlawfully discriminated against or unlawfully harassed because they are trans

@AudreySuffolk Which is why I frame it as a belief. They believe it, or say that they do. Don’t you think that women and girls deserve better than the discrimination we are suffering at the moment? Girls who take a week off school every month because there are boys in the toilets for eg

@AudreySuffolk Women who are subjected to intense harassment in psychiatric hospitals because of the claimed gender identity of some men?