There are liars. There are damn liars. Then, there is the Scottish Government. Or at least that is the only conclusion to be reached after reading its submission to the Supreme Court, published two days ago.
Next Tuesday, the row over gender identity theory that has rumbled on for the best part of a decade will come to a head. Five judges, led by Lord Reed, will consider the question brought by campaign group For Women Scotland: “Is a person with a full gender recognition certificate [GRC] which recognises that their gender is female, a ‘woman’ for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010?”
In its written argument, only published after policy collective MBM threatened to lodge an application with the Supreme Court seeking full disclosure, the Scottish Government insists that the term woman includes a “person issued with a full GRC in the acquired gender of female”.
Equality Fears Dismissed
For all practical purposes, this means that women lose the protection based on their sex as set out in the 2010 Equality Act – the very law designed to ensure safety and fairness for them. And crucially, it directly contradicts the assurances given by the Scottish Government during the passage of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
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