#grareform — Public Fediverse posts

The SNP leadership race following Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation is extremely uncomfortable for LGBTQIA+ people, and particularly for those of us who are trans :heart_transgender:

It’s surprisingly reminiscent of another party’s recent leadership contest, in which candidates tried to out-bigot each other – and the transphobic UK media are lapping it up 😔

Wanted to boost @EllisCrawford’s thread, but needed to add a content warning:

https://mastodon.scot/@EllisCrawford/109902491543907716

#GRAReform #transphobia #TransRightsAreHumanRights #NicolaSturgeon #SNPLeadership #HumzaYousaf #KateForbes #AshRegan

As has been highlighted by others, the behaviour of the Scottish Conservatives in ScotParl these past few days has been incredibly unedifying and the cheering on of a possible attempt to block the legislation in Westminster really shows what the Tories think of Scotland and the Parliament which serves it.

The Tories have not won an majority at an election in Scotland for nearly six decades. King Charles was 7 years old when a majority in Scotland last voted for a Tory government. Something the UK Tory govt must be aware of is just how much damage an attempt to block this legislation will do to the notion that the UK is a modern functioning democracy. It would undermine the constitutional settlement and put the very notion of devolution at risk.

I’d say to the UK government that should they seek to intervene and attempt to block this legislation, they will be the authors of the fall of the union as we know it. It will be nigh impossible for this charade to continue as-is and for many this overstep will signal the beginning of the end for the union. The impact will be so much more than simply removing or arresting the effect of a piece of legislation, it will lay bare the fractures within the very foundations of the union and constitutional settlement.

The people of Scotland vote for who represents them at their parliament and by virtue of securing a majority, the SNP and the Scottish Greens have the right to move forward to realise their respective manifesto commitments galvanised by their mandate.

Scotland turned a corner today and while this legislation is historic and signals a fundamental change and progression in Scotland, the work here is far from finished. The legislation doesn’t go far enough and doesn’t help or empower non-binary people.

The Tories will always find a way to attempt to stymie progression and seek to assemble barriers in the way of societal progress unless such progress serves them or those who bankroll or have an interest in their party.

For Scotland to be the forward-thinking, progressive and caring beacon it can be, the full levers of power need to rest with its national parliament and the people of Scotland should be the architects of their own future. Decisions affecting Scotland should be taken in Scotland.

#Scotland #GRAreform #ScotlandsFuture #ScotRef #Indyref #Indyref2

I’ve just read an article that appeared in The Telegraph on Thursday, archived here: https://archive.ph/4rggJ

It’s mainly about Rishi Sunak’s plans to limit what can be taught in sex education classes in English schools (echoes of Section 28), but what struck me was the frightening plan to take away #trans rights by tweaking the 2010 #EqualityAct

Legally, in both English and Scots law, no distinction is made between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ (to the best of my knowledge; ianal)

And any attempt to invoke #GenderCritical terms like ‘biological sex’ (meaning sex assigned at birth) and ‘biological males’ (meaning people who were assigned male at birth) is only likely to expose the legal concept of sex/gender as the unsavoury construct that it is, a tool of the (white) patriarchy

When gen-critters talk about self-id, they are usually referring to self-declaration to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate, as in proposals for #GRAReform

But the kind of self-identification mentioned here is different: in fact, it’s exactly what the 2004 #GenderRecognitionAct currently requires trans people to do to live in their ‘acquired gender’ before they can even think of applying for a GRC

While I doubt that Sunak will get far with this (another PM will probably be along shortly), it’s worrying that he is so blatant in his willingness to curtail a minority group’s existing rights for no reason other than some people’s revulsion towards us

#TransRightsAreHumanRights