Robin Moira White (she/her)
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Discrimination and employment law barrister, practising from Old Square Chambers, London and Bristol. Author. Railway, car and Spitfire nut.
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Wes Streeting and Labour under scrutiny…
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Zelenskyy: ‘E5’
Putin: ‘Miss. But ship spontaneously caught fire and sank.’
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In 1990 I had a beloved career taken away from me because I was trans. I thought very seriously about suicide for several months. Some days I didn’t get out of bed. But with the help of dear friends I pulled myself round. These three are unfit to be MP’s.
Vile responses from Joanna Cherry, Rosie Duffield and Neale Hanvey to Kirsty Blackman quoting a trans constituent.
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I just wanted to check, from the ‘women’s groups’ promoting this; what shape and colour of symbol should trans people sew onto our outer clothing before we leave home?
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When gender critical ideology meets practicality (in the toilets).
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90% of statistics quoted on social media are invented.
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Just awful when you get interviewed by a real, professional journalist.
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The DfE ‘Gender Questioning Children’ draft guidance has been published.
It is, IMHO, wrong in law in a number of respects and, if followed, would lead schools to act unlawfully towards trans pupils.
It is also a cruel attack on a vulnerable minority by a nasty government …
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Folk who ACTUALLY run schools tell me that this works very well. Levels of bullying and other inappropriate down, for example.
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LGBT Pride being invented by Sir Isaac Newton in 1669.
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If this is real, a perfect illustration of the harm that Suella Braverman has done with her summer speech. Those involved would be well advised to read the case of Dr Mackereth.
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Sex Matters’ view of the world gets nuttier by the day.
In their ‘biological sex’ utopia trans men won’t be able the use the men’s because they are women and can’t use the women’s because they are trans.
Will ‘Sex Matters’ be sponsoring a lot of bushes?
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My favourite part of the Scottish Parliament GRA Reform Stage 1 Report is a 21-word sentence from para 472: ‘Further, the majority recognise that, when asked about evidence of abuse and concerns, no witness was able to provide concrete examples.’
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Just been booked to appear in BBC ‘Politics Live’ on Monday lunchtime opposite Maya Forstater to talk about the Equality Act ‘sex/gender’ Westminster Hall debate in the afternoon. A trans person invited to speak on trans matters - who would have thought it?
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If you have ever wondered what is inside a DALEK, wonder no more…
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@markjenkinsonmp
How do you think your trans constituents might react to your remark? Or are they of no importance to you?
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I have has SO many folk asking me today ‘what can I do?’ about Wes Streeting and the puberty blocker ban.
Well, you could send a copy of the attached to your MP and to WS and KS with your endorsement / comment.
I’ll be in tribunal on another matter for the rest of this week.
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Explain to me how my (or anyone else) having identity documents that reflect my identity is ‘a threat to women and girls’. And if you can’t, crawl back into the holes you came from, Miriam and Kemi.
‘Gender Self-ID’ threatens safety, dignity & privacy of women & girls. But in UK, individuals can easily change the sex marker (M or F) on passports & driving licences, allowing Self-ID through the back door. I asked
@KemiBadenoch
to consider closing this loophole
@SexMattersOrg
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As so often, the trans person involved gets no say in their being openly discussed in this horrific way.
My understanding is they are happy and healthy and content with who they are.
Just leave trans people alone to get on with our lives.
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A warning to educationalists.
This dreadful document ‘Keeping children safe as girls and boys in education’ is now being promoted by anti-trans organisation ‘Sex Matters’ and amplified by equally awful pieces in The Times and Telegraph. The most superficial reading shows …
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This hateful and principle-free individual has just, at the Despatch box, justified use of s35 of the Scotland Act by suggesting that it was needed to ensure ‘the safety of women and girls’. There is just no evidence to support that link with trans people. Horrific.
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Worth repeating.
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There are a number of positives to this story:
(1) It demonstrates to the world how trans people are viewed by the U.K. government (not the U.K. people).
(2) It shows how increasingly enlightened gender-recognition systems are spreading across the world.
(3) …
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Breaking News - Daily Mail wins ‘worst journalism of the year award for 2024 on 1.1.24.
The Daily Mail journalist Martin Beckford, and editor appear to believe that the word ‘revealed’ means …
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I have been asked to comment on ‘Sex Matters’ new document, a model schools policy.
Following this ideological policy document would, IMHO, lead to schools acting unlawfully towards children with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment.
It should be ignored.
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Huge: ‘… I conclude that … for the purposes of the 2010 (Equality) Act, ‘sex’ is not limited to birth or biological sex…’ per Lady Haldane [2022] CSOH 90 para 53. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!
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Attorney-General Suella Braverman’s early entry in the ‘Who can be nastiest about trans people’ contest between Tory ministers during LGBT Pride Month. Extra points scored for (1) getting the law wrong, (2) contradicting existing guidance and (3) doubling down on trans children.
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The Cass Review - a castle built on sand?
Not being one of the ‘privileged’ I still have the 388-page report to read but it seems clear that the treatment of the scientific evidence base sets an impossibly and unachievably high standard not imposed elsewhere in child medicine.
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I see that the ‘Hanvey shake’, the Cherry eye-roll’ and the ‘Duffield face-palm’ have now achieved 3.3M views on Twitter, and counting. Exposure of this nastiness may be the true legacy of the Westminster Hall debate. Well done
@JordanPfot
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Today in The Times. At least they didn't misgender me...
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Dirty, dirty politics.
Whatever one’s view about the prescription of puberty blockers for trans children, to treat parliamentary scrutiny with contempt by laying a Statutory instrument at 14:58 on the day before dissolution and failing to consult …
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No.
As someone who has worked in ED&I for approaching 40 years, not 5 minutes, ‘rights’ (I would prefer ‘equality’) is NOT a pie, but, done right, is a rising tide that floats everyone’s boats.
Equality is nothing, if is not for everyone.
We do not rise by stamping on others.
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No real examples of such behaviour, so the Daily Mail makes it up. No wonder newspaper readership is in freefall.
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Can you help? I have lead a privileged life: met the Queen; flown spitfires; sneaked into E. Berlin; run a few cases; changed UK law a bit. But unlike every GC Twitter-fiend, I can’t find any ‘sex-based rights’ in the Equality Act. No matter how much I ask I never get a reply.
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Tweet of the day.
The moment the term ‘sex-based rights’ appears it shows no understanding of how the Equality Act works.
Here’s an example from today. Taking each claimed ‘SBR’ in turn:
1. Maternity. As the FWS3 case stated, this is a ‘right’ based on maternity not sex. …
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The morning LGBT laugh. Well done Campbell’s!
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The evidence stacks up to show that Cass is useless, valueless and dangerous.
🚩When reports throw out studies on HRT and Puberty Blockers solely because they lack being blind it's bad science and transphobic.
It's literally IMPOSSIBLE to have a double blind study for HRT/Blockers because people will notice if they are going through puberty or not.
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How am I a ‘transactivist’? I’m a barrister with some knowledge / experience in the area but I’m not a member of any campaigning organisation and my last time in tribunal on a trans matter was defending the employer in AB v Kingston?
Here is Melanie Field, until recently Executive Director at the
@EHRC
, now an independent advisor
... posing for a picture with transactivists Robin Moira White, Stephen Whittle and Nancy Kelley, until recently CEO of Stonewall, at the Translucent conference.
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In 1990, despite being the highest performing manager in my area, my railway career was ended because I was trans.
The Railway has made great strides in diversity and inclusion since, of which the display at London Bridge is a tiny, but its own way, important part.
We have written to Andrew Haines
@networkrail
and
@LordPeterHendy
about the intimidating political display at London Bridge station
You can make a complaint here
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The Court of Sessions (Inner House) in Scotland have denied FWS’s appeal and upheld Lady Haldane’s first instance decision ruled that ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010 includes ‘trans woman with a GRC’
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I’m proud of the long years I survived in my male carapace, through the discrimination I suffered, to finally get to a place where I could transition.
I’m sorry for those whose ‘best shot’ is to dig back through the internet for pictures of me two decades ago.
Sad, just sad.
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It seems there is going to be a lot of disinformation about events in Cardiff Pride where ca. 10 members of ‘GettheLout’ tried to disrupt the march. The following comment by one of those persons on ‘Mumsnet’ needs to be widely shared.
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Trans visibility is important for normalisation and acceptance, so well done Hallie, the producers (and Hallie’s mum!). Given that Twitter now has no standards, the haters are out in the comments on this but they are just so embarrassing.
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(3) The UK government and most of the media are once again revealed in their inhumane awfulness just before a General election.
(4) Very few folk are affected.
(5) The case for enlightened reform under a new government is strengthened.
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What was that brain rotting fungus that turned people into zombies? I’d swear some gender crits have it. As a trans woman I am ALLOWED to sit in restaurants with my butch lesbian friends (of which I have more than a few) and they welcome it. No-one is FORCED to sit with anyone.
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This is, very firmly in the ‘re-elect us and we will be horrible to your chosen minority’ category.
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A breath of fresh air
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More nonsense from Cass. There are no such studies - note that none are identified in the comment, and what follows is pure speculation.
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I’m the ‘trans Twitter user referred to in this Pink News story.
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@jk_rowling
And what about the thousands of us for whom transition has allowed us to live full lives? Oh, and we engaged with the bill consultation stages. All that should be ignored?
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Getting the message out:
‘New trans guidance is unlawful, barrister says’
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In other news, it can be ‘revealed’ that trans people have been travelling around the world on their passports for decades without problems and even breathing air, eating food and getting on with life generally.
Ministers are said (by the Daily Mail) to be looking into this.
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Speeches by Attorney Generals, however bad they are at their job, do not change the law.
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Start the weekend with a chuckle.
Maya here attacking me for something I have NOT said.
When the anti-trans brigade (1) feel the need to attack you and (2) have to make something up, then you must be hitting the spot.
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In a thread by gender-critical legal academic Michael Foran, widely circulated yesterday, Michael attacks comments by Helen Webberley and suggests that it is lawful to exclude trans children from school facilities, e.g., toilets, which match their gender identity. This is WRONG
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DON’T PANIC
Remember, this is a Telegraph report, that cannot be trusted to conform to anything normal folk would regards as accuracy.
Remember all those Telegraph articles telling us that the schools guidance is to be published ‘next week’ and what it is to contain.
Hospitals to return to clear single-sex wards.
Good news. Thank you
@SteveBarclay
#SexMatters
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There’s no getting away from it. Badenoch, Fawkner and the whole ‘Sex Matters’ crew are just EVIL.
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Easter homework for Educationalists
Kevin Lister, a gender-critical maths teacher from Swindon, sought to justify his behaviour towards a trans student. The Bristol employment tribunal disagreed.
Important lessons.
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And in the ideology corner…
Several folks have asked me about this post by MF.
1. It is almost certainly harassment to misgender someone with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment without very good reasons.
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… focused on running a culture war rather than protecting and advancing the position of U.K. citizens.
I will publish a full critique on 8 January 2024, which may include lawful alternative draft guidance.
Merry Christmas?
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Very important, especially when contemplating disciplinary action, to differentiate between ‘belief’ and ‘actions’ in breach of a policy or instructions. If the relevant head teacher would like some (pro bono) legal advice, I am easily contactable via DM or Chambers.
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One of the many things trans women have in common with all other women is how ready folk are to comment on how we dress or act or speak rather than what we say.
But given that we are apparently restricted to ‘hooker’ or ‘librarian’, I’m glad I fit ‘category B’.
Cheers Athena!
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@DrProudman
Correct me if I’m wrong, and I have only read the newspaper reports, but AIUI he was found innocent and Amber Heard was found to be the guilty party. If that is right, this is a very risky post on social media.
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@MForstater
If you don’t grasp that to marginalise, exclude and dehumanise any category of people has the effect of encouraging and validating those who have a tendency to behave in this way, you aren’t learning from human history or recent events.
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@PeterTatchell
No Peter. Trans people don’t want that. We don’t want to be ‘othered’. Please don’t suggest you speak for us.
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Dear Ms Braverman.
Have. You ever READ the Equality Act 2010?
Or had it READ to you? Slowly.
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So, I have read it. This collection of hubris and speculation certainly doesn’t justify a constitutional crisis. So it can only be hatred of trans people. LGBT+ vote carefully.
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The Dalek Myth.
60 years of Dr Who hasn’t turned a single child into a DALEK but a single appearance of a non-binary alien will, according to the anti-LGBT+ brigade have every young person questioning their identity? Meep, MEEP!!!
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Within hours of this hastily cobbled-together ‘independent’ report being produced, it has been pulled apart by relevant experts.
Trans people, and especially trans young people, deserve better than incomplete knee-jerks
@wesstreeting
@Keir_Starmer
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Laughable. The EHRC have only reflected the gender-critical view. They are unfit for purpose. Fortunately there is no time for this in the remainder of the legislative programme of the present government. Then they will be gone.
We have provided advice to the Minister for Women and Equalities on the definition of the protected characteristic of 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010.
Find out more:
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Not sure how this is a change. The U.K. government don’t recognise English trans people at the moment (as other than targets for hatred).
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Thank you for the kind comments. Some of us have to put ourselves ‘out there’ to counter the GC false narratives.
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Being ‘backed by Rosie Duffield’ (and every other anti-trans commentator and group in the country) isn’t much of a start for the Health Secretary or this administration. Time for SKS to get a grip.
@Keir_Starmer
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Deeply concerning evidence about the trans-hostile Cass Review team.
I've been reading of the Finland youth gender centre in Tampere which the Cass review lauds. It was recently revealed the head of the centre is on the Cass advisory group. CW In following tweets I relate extremely disturbing accounts from parents & youth of what they endured 1/
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A warning to educationalists.
… that following its ‘advice’ would be harmful and clearly discriminatory towards trans pupils. Expect it to be distributed and promoted widely. It should be filed under ‘W’ for waste paper.
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Good to see the Institute of Economic Affairs (‘IEA’) inviting an audience reflecting a wide spectrum (not) of views to a discussion of trans people. 😳. Photo: Peter Tatchell
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It’s not ‘no longer’ it’s that it never did. This ‘biological sex’ thing is an invention of yours. ‘Sex’ in the Act is a flexible concept to include all those it should cover. And that’s all clarified now, so no need for petitions.
A court in Scotland has ruled that the Equality Act no longer recognises biological sex
We think this is wrong and the law should be clarified to protect women's rights
If you agree
#SignThePetition
to
#MakeTheEqualityActClear
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@MForstater
Wrong tense. Schools don’t ‘transition’ children. When trans children have the courage to make themselves known, schools have Equality Act and safeguarding responsibilities towards those children. You, and the Telegraph, just don’t understand the position or don’t want to.
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A friend described the Cass Review as ‘policy-based evidence making’. How true.
BMJ releases new article: "How the Cass review failed to land in the US" where they credit me and my pointing out of the political ties between Cass and many of the advisory members and anti-trans political operatives like the DeSantis admin Catholic med folks in the US.
Good.
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Sometimes it is very clear that a government has run out of ideas and there really ought to be a general election soon. Very clear. Very soon.
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I’m not sure what I think is worse: (1) SB realised that such weaponisation of a delicate situation would occur and she intended it, of (2) she didn’t realise.
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AG Suella Braverman delivers…a master class in how to misinterpret Equality Law. Truly dreadful stuff in her speech today. No understanding of ‘a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim’. It will be a busy autumn if she is still in place after the reshuffle.
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… ‘been on a government website for all to see for more than 10 years’.
Dooh!
On a more serious note, this is likely to be a tough year for utter nonsense in the media and trans folk may need strong stomachs until the election.
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Trans ward ban? Unlawful and impractical. The ‘dignity’ argument can be dealt with with a curtain; there is no evidence base for a safety argument, so this is likely to founder on the rock of the government’s own lawyers as the schools guidance has.
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A few soundbites ahead of today’s debate on sex, gender and the Equality Act in the Commons today:
1/ ‘The meaning of ‘sex’ in the protections provided by the Equality Act is necessarily complex, to deal with the complexities of human beings.
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EHRC Non-Statutory Guidance - A Train Wreck
Since my piece for Personnel Today'' about the recent 'guidance' produced by the EHRC on separate and single sex services, I have repeatedly been asked to expand on my criticisms. Link below.
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This needs to be widely shared - the real monster insider ‘gender critical’ thought. When I last looked, I exist.
Vile transphobic bigot, Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker), states:
"I don't discriminate against trans people, because they don't exist"
#transphobia
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@S_Roy84
Easy. Explain to her that some elements of the press will make up anything to denigrate trans people.
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'We will not make the same mistakes' says Labour's Annalise Dodds.
No, it seems clear that they will make different mistakes: ...
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Praise be! There is A lone journalist left in the U.K.
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Its not a debate. We answered the same questions put to us by the editor. (And I'm not a QC, amongst other wayward facts...)
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@soniasodha
I was in the Scots parliament chamber for the debate today. Shona Robison explained the protection around sex offenders (not trans people) which would be put in place before the Reform Bill. But you have failed to mention that. Why might that be?
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