The EHRC wants to know how you think they are doing.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission for the UK is calling for evidence on how Britain is doing across the nine protected characteristics. Are you able to provide evidence on, in particular, on the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Remember that is not limited to just to those who have had hormone treatment of surgery. Here is their call for evidence.
Published every five years, it provides insights across all nine protected characteristics, to show how far Britain has come in creating a fair and equal society for all and what should be done to address inequality over the next five year period.
To help fill gaps in the data available, we are looking for expert organisations and individuals across the protected characteristics to share their own research across a range of topics.
We are particularly interested in data and evidence that show:
trends over time, or differences between protected characteristics
the intersection of protected characteristics
The research should be high quality and robust, such as studies which are generalisable to a wider population or peer reviewed.
The statutory review reports will be divided by Great Britain, Scotland and Wales. We have therefore created separate documents outlining the information gaps across the nations, which are available below and on our website.
Maybe we all need to let them know exactly what we think of their recent efforts (or lack of them!) to strengthen trans rights. They were a largely supportive body until Kemi Badenoch and Liz Truss started their campaigns against us.
Currently they are a puppet organisation controlled by government appointed government policy supporters, trying to interpret current UK laws in ways that are detrimental to Human Rights and what the current laws actually say. The EHRC should be looking at worldwide UN , and Human Rights best practice, furthering that practice and progress towards it in this country , not just the current governments agenda. In addition there should be absolutely no room for Religious Doctrine and Bigotry affecting the workings of the EHRC. It should be concentrating on furthering equality of minorities and maintaining the rights of all. Currently it is not doing any of these things. especially with regards to Gender Identity , disabilities, health, the right to protest. In fact most of the articles of the major human rights treaties. Basically the organisation is not carrying out it’s remit, or upholding the rights of those it’s supposed to represent.
There was so much optimism once upon a time wasn’t there. A feeling that inclusion, and acceptance, of the multi-faceted human condition, was high on the agenda.
Sadly, that is not the case today, a move to a more restrictive, controlled and regulated regime seems to have taken centre stage.
So where did those once held laudable principles go? What has changed from tolerance and understanding, to a plethora of misconceptions?
If I could answer that, I might even become a politician, well, maybe.
Did anyone see India Willoughby on BBC TV’s Question Time from Glasgow on Thursday 2nd February? You could watch it on iPlayer if you have a strong constitution. As the only trans woman on the panel she was subjected to nasty attacks by another on the panel and a baying mob in the audience. Fortunately, India was brilliant, calm and knew far more about the proposed Scottish Gender Recognition Act Reforms and the Equality Act than anyone else in the building. That Fiona Bruce was not adequately prepared in her knowledge and understanding of the situation for trans women in prisons in England or Scotland did not help.
Maybe we all need to let them know exactly what we think of their recent efforts (or lack of them!) to strengthen trans rights. They were a largely supportive body until Kemi Badenoch and Liz Truss started their campaigns against us.
Currently they are a puppet organisation controlled by government appointed government policy supporters, trying to interpret current UK laws in ways that are detrimental to Human Rights and what the current laws actually say. The EHRC should be looking at worldwide UN , and Human Rights best practice, furthering that practice and progress towards it in this country , not just the current governments agenda. In addition there should be absolutely no room for Religious Doctrine and Bigotry affecting the workings of the EHRC. It should be concentrating on furthering equality of minorities and maintaining the rights of all. Currently it is not doing any of these things. especially with regards to Gender Identity , disabilities, health, the right to protest. In fact most of the articles of the major human rights treaties. Basically the organisation is not carrying out it’s remit, or upholding the rights of those it’s supposed to represent.
There was so much optimism once upon a time wasn’t there. A feeling that inclusion, and acceptance, of the multi-faceted human condition, was high on the agenda.
Sadly, that is not the case today, a move to a more restrictive, controlled and regulated regime seems to have taken centre stage.
So where did those once held laudable principles go? What has changed from tolerance and understanding, to a plethora of misconceptions?
If I could answer that, I might even become a politician, well, maybe.
Did anyone see India Willoughby on BBC TV’s Question Time from Glasgow on Thursday 2nd February? You could watch it on iPlayer if you have a strong constitution. As the only trans woman on the panel she was subjected to nasty attacks by another on the panel and a baying mob in the audience. Fortunately, India was brilliant, calm and knew far more about the proposed Scottish Gender Recognition Act Reforms and the Equality Act than anyone else in the building. That Fiona Bruce was not adequately prepared in her knowledge and understanding of the situation for trans women in prisons in England or Scotland did not help.