Transgender stuff - what's going on?

[AngryofTuebrook]

3 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

It's not though. Male and female is pretty universal in nature and entirely genetic.

On this thread you can find different people claiming different things as the one, true, infallible determinant of biological sex.  You can't all be right.

[Strontium]

1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

You don't understand (or refuse to understand) the point of today's ruling.

 

The BBC headline says it all:

 

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

[AngryofTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Engineman Hicks said:

I assume you mean pedant or are you making a joke ? 

Fucking autoincorrect!

[AngryofTuebrook]

Just now, Strontium said:

 

The BBC headline says it all:

 

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

It doesn't.

 

I posted a link to the actual article, which contains a link to the ruling.

 

There's a reason you chose only to post the headline.

[AngryofTuebrook]

Don't get me wrong, @Strontium, this is clearly a good day for anti-trans activists; it's just not to the extent you are claiming.

[Strontium]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

It doesn't

 

Okay, well I'm sure the Supreme Court will be happy to hear your legal representations against it.

 

The rest of us will just be celebrating now that women can't be forced to tolerate dicks in their safe spaces.

[Strontium]

I don't think tigers should be given access to children's creches. Guess I'm an anti-tiger activist now.

[Arniepie]

It’s important to note that transgender people are still protected by the Equality Act.

The protected characteristic of gender reassignment is not affected by this ruling, and Lord Hodge stressed there are other protections against direct and indirect discrimination and harassment.

He was clear that trans people are a “vulnerable and often harassed minority”, who “struggle against discrimination and prejudice as they seek to live their lives with dignity”.

 

i thought they were just people who got their cocks out in womens toilets? 

[Mook]

16 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

He's misrepresenting what today's ruling actually said.

 

Nah, I don't think he is.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

1 minute ago, Mook said:

 

Nah, I don't think he is.

He’s not.
 

 

15 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

It doesn't.

 

I posted a link to the actual article, which contains a link to the ruling.

 

There's a reason you chose only to post the headline.

You sure? It’s also in the summary. 
 

Nothing changed in terms of protection for Trans people under the Equality Act, and rightly so. 

 

[AngryofTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Strontium said:

 

Okay, well I'm sure the Supreme Court will be happy to hear your legal representations against it.

 

The rest of us will just be celebrating now that women can't be forced to tolerate dicks in their safe spaces.

Once more.

 

[Engineman Hicks]

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Fucking autoincorrect!

You should have said it was a joke ad it’s actually pretty funny. 

[AngryofTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

 

Nah, I don't think he is.

 

Stronts said this.

5 hours ago, Strontium said:

The Supreme Court has established that under the law, only biological females can be regarded as women

 

The Supreme Court said this.

 

I know who I would rather believe.

[Mook]

1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

 

Stronts said this.

 

The Supreme Court said this.

 

I know who I would rather believe.

 

What do the rest of the bullet points say though? Just looking at No.2 there, it would appear that absolutely nothing happened today so it doesn't make sense that it is the country's top news item & The SNP are backtracking on their pish.

[Bjornebye]

Other than who points on the internet, has todays ruling directly impacted any of you? 

[Mook]

10 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Other than who points on the internet, has todays ruling directly impacted any of you? 

 

It could potentially impact a lot of people in Scotland, not me directly but I have a passing interest.

 

I don't think the war in Palestine directly affects anyone on here either but there's a thread to discuss it, which is kinda how forums work.

[Engineman Hicks]

25 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

 

Stronts said this.

 

The Supreme Court said this.

 

I know who I would rather believe.

The Kc on Radio 4 was saying it does mean that women can exclude men from various spaces provided they have reasonable grounds to do so. 

[Megadrive Man]

7 minutes ago, Engineman Hicks said:

The Kc on Radio 4 was saying it does mean that women can exclude men from various spaces provided they have reasonable grounds to do so. 

 

When has this ever not been the case?

[Engineman Hicks]

1 minute ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

When has this ever not been the case?

I think the original case was bought by women because under the original interpretation of the EA, public bodies in Scotland were appointing men to their boards then claiming they were women so they didn’t have to appoint biological women. 

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

It could potentially impact a lot of people in Scotland, not me directly but I have a passing interest.

 

I don't think the war in Palestine directly affects anyone on here either but there's a thread to discuss it, which is kinda how forums work.

Don’t get shitty Mook. I was genuinely wondering if anyone was directly affected. Does anyone have a trans person close to them. Etc.

 

Put your hat on. 

[Mook]

11 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Don’t get shitty Mook. I was genuinely wondering if anyone was directly affected. Does anyone have a trans person close to them. Etc.

 

Put your hat on. 

 

Women are affected by it too.

[A Red]

@Rico1304

 

Its a good day man...err him/her/she/he/squirrel

 

[Engineman Hicks]

This reminds me of my favourite trans joke - how do trans people murder each other ? They/them 

ps you need to say it out loud 

[Dave D]

So we now know men who pretend to be women are still biologically men, no matter how they dress it up (|excuse the pun)

 

Surely no-one saw that coming

 

 

 

[Pidge]

Yes, it changes very little. Hopefully less bad decision making and hiding behind insecurity from administrators in the public sector, unfortunately most online seem to just be seeing it as a licence for abuse and boring jokes. 

 

That's the age we live in though.