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In Starmer’s Britain, people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look

Today, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, I’m remembering more friends and family than ever before. I don’t mean that in a vague “all trans people are my family way”; I mean, I’ve attended more memorials in the last twelve months than ever before, for friends and family who couldn’t cope in in the UK any more.

Also today, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, our Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) leaked their intention to ban people from single-sex spaces based on how they look.

Under the new guidance, places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behaviour or concerns raised by others.

I’m quoting directly there, but the quote is bullshit. Since the point of the “questioning” would be to find out if someone is transgender, the truth of the guidance is:

[…] will be able to question women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look […]

But this interrogation that they’re planning to legalise can’t include a documentation check, because there’s no documentation that could possibly prove what they’re looking for. They’re legalising harassment based entirely on vibes.

The final code instead says it would “unlikely be proportionate or practical to ask for further evidence of a person’s sex” even if doubts were raised.

It said “there is no type of official record or document in the UK which provides reliable evidence of sex” because people can change their sex on passports and driving licences without a GRC.

And here’s the kicker. If your interrogator doesn’t believe you, they can kick you out anyway.

But it says that if there is “genuine concern about the accuracy of the response” it may be proportionate to exclude a transgender person anyway.

…though, again: this quote is bullshit. Just because the cops believe you’re trans, doesn’t make you trans. The truth is:

But it says that if there is “genuine concern about the accuracy of the response” it may be proportionate to exclude a person anyway.

And after all that, if you’re one of the Good Ones and decide to use a single-sex space of your sex-assigned-at-birth anyway, they can still kick you out.

It also states that transgender people could be barred from single-sex services even when their biological sex matches, such if a trans man […] attempted to use a women’s changing room. It says that they can be barred because they are likely to be seen by others as the opposite sex.

So, a short list of places that trans people won’t be able to use bathrooms:

Fuck you if you go to a restaurant and need to pee. They don’t want us in their restaurants.

Fuck you if you need medical attention and need to pee. They don’t want us in their hospitals.

You have to be honest with yourself--look at the legalised harassment and ban from using toilets in hospitals--and admit they want us gone.

Next year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance is going to be horrific.

#queer