Monthly Archives: February 2022

Rights watchdog (EHRC) should lose its status

The so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission which is supposed to look after the rights of people has been taken over by a group of people with transphobic views. Stonewall, backed by the Good Law Project, has drawn up a submission to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, calling for the EHRC to lose its “A rating”. The Beaumont Society also supports this action.

You can read the story here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-60331962

 

Not everyone is born male or female

Here is an article by Carl Streed Jr and Frances Grimstad that appeared in The Independent on Tuesday 8th February 2022. One is a professor of medicine and the other is a professor of gynaecology. Their research and clinical experience show that sex designation is not something to take for granted. For those who don’t fit neatly into one of two categories –  and there are millions – an inappropriate classification on a birth certificate can have consequences that last a lifetime.

You can read the article here: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/transgender-male-female-sex-designation-doctors-b2010636.html