Tag: Equality Act
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It only applies to the Equality Act…
…said no-one who has actually read the UK Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. Which is perhaps why Equality Network, among many others, has foolishly...
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One year on – still myth busting Scottish Trans
Scottish Trans (part of Equality Network) made their own little announcement on the anniversary of our Supreme Court judgment. The untruths and misrepresentations are becoming a little tedious so...
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Letter to First Minister – Ministerial Code breach
We’ve been here before. Back in 2022, the Scottish Government spun the Parliament one story – that issuing Gender Recognition Certificates on the basis of self-identification of sex would...
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School guidance – third time lucky?
The first edition of Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland was published in 2017 by LGBT Youth Scotland. Two years later, the Scottish Government announced that...
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Demonstration: Women Won’t Wait
By the 4th of September it will be 20 weeks since the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act takes its biological meaning,...
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Employment tribunal intervention – Peggie
We asked for permission to intervene in the employment tribunal of Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton. The Tribunal has now confirmed that neither the claimant...
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Letter to Permanent Secretary
Since our UK Supreme Court judgment in April there has been almost ten weeks of prevaricating by the Scottish Government and little, if anything, by way of action to...
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UK Supreme Court – the judgment
Judgment was handed down by the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday 16th April on For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on the effect of the Gender Recognition Act...
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City of Edinburgh Council Meeting
Scottish Green councillor Alex Staniforth tabled the following motion to be discussed at the council meeting on Thursday 20th March regarding Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA) and the single sex...
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Operation of the PSED in Scotland
This is our submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee call for views on its inquiry into the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in...