sarah
@sarahlicity.bsky.social
Mxtress of Mathematics, non-binary dork. (xe/they/she)
tldr of this thread: neither Parliament nor the government of the day ever intended, at any point, for sex in equality legislation to be read to exclude trans people.
The Supreme Court judgment was legislating from the bench and is clearly bad law, and as a result, untenable.
The Supreme Court judgment was legislating from the bench and is clearly bad law, and as a result, untenable.
1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999 Drafting Instructions - a Freedom of Information request to Government Equalities Office
Please send me copies of the Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999’s Drafting Instructions given to the Parliamentary Counsel. If you can’t locate all versions, send me any one of th...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
tldr of this thread: neither Parliament nor the government of the day ever intended, at any point, for sex in equality legislation to be read to exclude trans people.
The Supreme Court judgment was legislating from the bench and is clearly bad law, and as a result, untenable.
The Supreme Court judgment was legislating from the bench and is clearly bad law, and as a result, untenable.
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So... when the Gender Recognition Act said "for all purposes" it meant "for all purposes"? Wild!
Imagine the mental gymnastics you'd need to claim otherwise. I sure would hate to be that kind of legal idiot.
Imagine the mental gymnastics you'd need to claim otherwise. I sure would hate to be that kind of legal idiot.
10/ So you can see that anyone whose “legal sex” was changed for all purposes under the Gender Recognition Act by means of a GRC would already have been treated as their acquired gender under the Sex Discrimination Act, the Regulations, and the Equality Act.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
So... when the Gender Recognition Act said "for all purposes" it meant "for all purposes"? Wild!
Imagine the mental gymnastics you'd need to claim otherwise. I sure would hate to be that kind of legal idiot.
Imagine the mental gymnastics you'd need to claim otherwise. I sure would hate to be that kind of legal idiot.
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Mumsnet is a domestic terrorist organization
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Mumsnet is a domestic terrorist organization
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I can't be clear enough that in the UK, the transphobic rot has seeped so far into our systems that the Equality and Human Rights Committee is pressuring the govt to release new anti-trans guidelines based on the presumption that We Can Always Tell
Looks like the EHRC guidance is that cis women and trans women alike need to adhere to suitably feminine appearance standards and carry their gender papers everywhere
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I can't be clear enough that in the UK, the transphobic rot has seeped so far into our systems that the Equality and Human Rights Committee is pressuring the govt to release new anti-trans guidelines based on the presumption that We Can Always Tell
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This is how the media mark Trans Day of Remembrance in the UK
![Double page spread in the Times - From gender critical beliefs to boxing: what the guidance says
Geraldine Scott - Assistant Political Editor
A trans rights protest outside parliament in April after the Supreme Court ruled that the term sex in the Equality Act referred to biological sex
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The equality watchdog has set out sweeping new guidance on how to apply equality protections for the first time in more than a decade, with a focus on how transgender people should be treated.
The 300-page document, seen by The Times but not yet published, was prompted by a Supreme Court judgment in April that ruled the terms “sex” and “woman” in the Equality Act referred to biological sex.
Here we outline the key elements.
Single-sex spaces
The most significant change is a departure from previous interpretations that transgender people should generally be treated in line with their gender identity in single-sex settings such as changing rooms or hospital wards.
Previously it was thought that excluding a transgender woman from a single-sex setting could amount to discrimination.
The new guidance states clearly that trans people may be excluded from single-sex spaces that do not correspond to their biological sex when it is a “proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”, such as protecting privacy, dignity or safety.
Reflecting the Supreme Court ruling, the guidance said that for the purposes of the Equality Act “a person’s sex remains their biological sex, whether they have a GRC [gender recognition certificate] or not”. The guidance adds: “A trans man with a GRC is a woman and a trans woman with a GRC is a man, for the purposes of the act.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreib2buaq3w6z2bphwtq3lvtmf2keurfz5hdbfqdedh7ushy5xdgdru@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is how the media mark Trans Day of Remembrance in the UK
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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"Tony Khan only books for sickos" is such a lame critique of AEW. I'm pretty sure you can be a normal fan & still get really excited for Hangman vs Shibata.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Tony Khan only books for sickos" is such a lame critique of AEW. I'm pretty sure you can be a normal fan & still get really excited for Hangman vs Shibata.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
Clearly, the way forward is stepmommy-domme videos, because Pornhub is fine with incest content if it's step-family; hell, they'd go out of business without it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Clearly, the way forward is stepmommy-domme videos, because Pornhub is fine with incest content if it's step-family; hell, they'd go out of business without it.
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Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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We run the risk of Mr. Burns syndrome where all of the presidency-ending details get stuck in the doorway and nothing breaks through.
Two days after the 2016 election, Epstein returns to New York City from Paris.
"trump gives many new things to do"
"trump gives many new things to do"
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Sent:
To:
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
11/10/2016 12:18:00 PM
Jabor Y.|
Importance:
High
in paris today, headed for new york. trump gives many new things to do](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihdhqgstxi3zv42mn4ty37s4s6junmxv6bzu3knosn2l3ochp5llu@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We run the risk of Mr. Burns syndrome where all of the presidency-ending details get stuck in the doorway and nothing breaks through.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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low polyamory
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
low polyamory
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Doctor Who: The Reality War (2025)
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Doctor Who: The Reality War (2025)
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This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.
This will be used to abuse.
This will be used to abuse.
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"support independent wrestling" isn't just a slogan. independent wrestling has to be supported because it can all just vanish. this sucks. it's great that DPW is helping others before they go 🤼 #indiewrestling
Bombshell news for the U.S. indies: Deadlock Pro Wrestling has announced that their 12/12 show will be the last “for the foreseeable future.”
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"support independent wrestling" isn't just a slogan. independent wrestling has to be supported because it can all just vanish. this sucks. it's great that DPW is helping others before they go 🤼 #indiewrestling
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They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
They do not have a plan, they’ve never had a plan. They’ve also never had the votes to repeal the ACA which is *OVERWHELMINGLY* popular, nor have they been able to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, so instead they’ve just shut down the entire government to try forcing Dems to stop funding it.
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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A toast, to our Patron Saint of One Way Trips
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A toast, to our Patron Saint of One Way Trips