Nika
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These docs should be viewed alongside parliament's debates on the EA and GRA, other contemporary docs, and multiple decisions of the UK and EU courts from the past 20+ years. Taken together, there's a clear consensus over decades that trans inclusion is the correct policy, which was ignored by SCUK.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
These docs should be viewed alongside parliament's debates on the EA and GRA, other contemporary docs, and multiple decisions of the UK and EU courts from the past 20+ years. Taken together, there's a clear consensus over decades that trans inclusion is the correct policy, which was ignored by SCUK.
That "settlement" was *explicitly amended* by the GRA. Reed et al apparently think that Parliament intended a trans woman with a GRC to be treated as a woman for the purposes of employment in a job which involved intimate contact with other women, but an equal pay claim was a bridge too far. Inane.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
That "settlement" was *explicitly amended* by the GRA. Reed et al apparently think that Parliament intended a trans woman with a GRC to be treated as a woman for the purposes of employment in a job which involved intimate contact with other women, but an equal pay claim was a bridge too far. Inane.
Hi everyone, I'm Nika (she/her). I'm Scottish, I have three cats, and I started HRT earlier this week!
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hi everyone, I'm Nika (she/her). I'm Scottish, I have three cats, and I started HRT earlier this week!
Trans people should have a whip-round, see if we can buy ourselves a few MPs for Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trans people should have a whip-round, see if we can buy ourselves a few MPs for Christmas.
Until today, nor did anyone else.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Until today, nor did anyone else.
Oh, *now* we're deferring to Parliament's judgement, are we? How nice.
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Oh, *now* we're deferring to Parliament's judgement, are we? How nice.
Four of the five judges from the FWS case criticise Scotland's protections for rape victims by referencing the Human Rights Act and the ECHR, two things they had to actively ignore to misinterpret the equality act. Human rights: good for literal rapists, but not for trans people, apparently.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Four of the five judges from the FWS case criticise Scotland's protections for rape victims by referencing the Human Rights Act and the ECHR, two things they had to actively ignore to misinterpret the equality act. Human rights: good for literal rapists, but not for trans people, apparently.
another @eleanormorton.bsky.social piece that is far more relevant than I would like:
Literally every company now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
another @eleanormorton.bsky.social piece that is far more relevant than I would like:
We never knew how good we had it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We never knew how good we had it.
"I have never criticised Jewish people", claims person who criticised Jewish people ten minutes ago, in this thread.
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"I have never criticised Jewish people", claims person who criticised Jewish people ten minutes ago, in this thread.
She reminds me a lot of Suella Braverman; not just implementing evil policies, but clearly enjoying it too.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
She reminds me a lot of Suella Braverman; not just implementing evil policies, but clearly enjoying it too.
...isn't this the exact opposite of the argument he was just making? Different facilities are segregation, different treatment, and an automatic disadvantage, but also *not* different treatment, but simply mirrored treatment, whichever happens to suit his needs at the time?
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
...isn't this the exact opposite of the argument he was just making? Different facilities are segregation, different treatment, and an automatic disadvantage, but also *not* different treatment, but simply mirrored treatment, whichever happens to suit his needs at the time?
According to the documentary "The Usual Suspects", this means your dog is in fact a criminal mastermind. Sorry to be the one to break it to you. Maybe she'll cut you in on her profits, though.
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
According to the documentary "The Usual Suspects", this means your dog is in fact a criminal mastermind. Sorry to be the one to break it to you. Maybe she'll cut you in on her profits, though.
Sounds like FWS round 2, then.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sounds like FWS round 2, then.
I'm not convinced even that creates any real problems. The Interpretation Act 1978 says that "unless the contrary intention appears...words importing the feminine gender include the masculine". I'm sure SCUK would argue that the contrary intention does appear, but that's just circular logic.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not convinced even that creates any real problems. The Interpretation Act 1978 says that "unless the contrary intention appears...words importing the feminine gender include the masculine". I'm sure SCUK would argue that the contrary intention does appear, but that's just circular logic.
Was it a great day, tho?
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Was it a great day, tho?
The government's explanatory notes explicitly state the purpose of the EA as giving effect to several EU directives. That includes the Equal Treatment directive, which both EU and UK courts have found requires sex discrimination law to be understood as trans inclusive.
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The government's explanatory notes explicitly state the purpose of the EA as giving effect to several EU directives. That includes the Equal Treatment directive, which both EU and UK courts have found requires sex discrimination law to be understood as trans inclusive.
Oh no, Kelly! You ruined the workplace!
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oh no, Kelly! You ruined the workplace!
They don't want to understand what is happening, but to shape it.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They don't want to understand what is happening, but to shape it.
Why did you think it was appropriate to talk about a trans child having no experience of life as a cis adult? Would you apply the same standard to a gay child? Do you recognise that "how do you know you're gay if you haven't tried being straight" is homophobic? Why would you apply that logic to us?
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Why did you think it was appropriate to talk about a trans child having no experience of life as a cis adult? Would you apply the same standard to a gay child? Do you recognise that "how do you know you're gay if you haven't tried being straight" is homophobic? Why would you apply that logic to us?