While it appears that the government has successfully pushed back on some particularly harmful elements in the previous draft, the new Code of Practice will still lead to the exclusion of trans people from services and facilities that they have used without issue for a very long time.
Without issues, she means. Without issue=without offspring.
Anyway, no they haven’t; of course they haven’t. Women have been pointing out and objecting to the “issues” for at least a decade. It is not the case that there was a peaceful utopia in which men used women’s toilets and rape crisis institutions and women were perfectly fine with it. Not listening does not mean the objection never happened.
This will do nothing to improve women’s lives and the many struggles we face, but it will put trans people (and anyone perceived as trans) at increased risk of discrimination, harassment and violence.
Letting men use women’s toilets and rape crisis institutions is increased discrimination, harassment and violence against women. It’s not hypothetical; making sure that women can’t avoid men in any circumstances=violence against women.
The Code unfortunately still represents the culmination of years of anti-trans campaigning from a small, well-funded minority who have had outsized influence in the media and in politics, and have weaponised the courts for their own ends.
It’s not anti-trans; we don’t care about trans; trans is meaningless. It’s anti-removal of all places of safety for women.
The legal situation for trans people is now deeply incoherent and means that it is untenable for them to be able live their lives with dignity. This is completely out of line with the values of equality that a Labour government is meant to champion. Instead of making this Code statutory, the government should be legislating to clarify and protect trans people’s rights, privacy and inclusion.
At the expense of women’s rights, privacy, and inclusion. How is that fair? Please remind.
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