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Velvet Glitterman
@velvetglitterman.bsky.social
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Trans gay researcher & all round creative type. He/him 🔞 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️
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velvetglitterman.bsky.social
Ah I see, thank you for the clarification - that helps. I'm not hopeful at all about who will end up on the trial panel, but this gives me some hope it won't *necessarily* all be outright transphobes.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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reactiveashley.bsky.social
10/ So you can see that anyone whose “legal sex” was changed for all purposes under the Gender Recognition Act by means of a GRC would already have been treated as their acquired gender under the Sex Discrimination Act, the Regulations, and the Equality Act.
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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reactiveashley.bsky.social
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.

It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
Recognition of the new gender identity following gender reassignment: 6. The Regulations should indicate that, for employment purposes, a person is to be treated as their reassignedsex on completion of gender reassignment, i.e. when he or she is living permanently in the new gender. However, it should be clear that this provision applies only to equal opportunities legislation (i.e. SDA, Equal Pay Act and section 62- 64 Pensions Act). This would then ensure that anysearches carried out by the Police or Prison Service are still subject to the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and the Prisons Act, which prohibitsearches by oppositesex. The purpose of this provision is to enable a person who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the SDA and EgPA. For instance, they should be able to take advantage of a job for which there is a Genuine Occupational Qualification for the new sex. For example, it is envisaged that the provision would allow a suitably qualified male to female transsexual to be able to take up employment in a singlesex women's hospital. They could themselves be treatedas a comparator bya male applicant. There are of course difficulties in determining when gender reassignment is completed. Many transsexuals do not undergo reconstructive surgery; and hormonal treatment will last indefinitely, whether surgery is undertaken or not. The policy anticipatesa point at which a person who has reassigned will be treated as their new sex for the purposes of employment for which there is a GOQ for that sex. In doing so, a distinction will need to be made between those people who are still in the process of reassignment, to whom temporary exceptions may exist in certain circumstances. \t was therefore considered appropriate that this process would “end” on completion of surgery; or, where that is not planned, the end of the two year trial of life test. (During the period of the life test, a person would be undergoing gender reassignment) It…
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
velvetglitterman.bsky.social
Very happy Russell-Moyle has realised the Labour Party no longer aligns with his principles, including LGBTQ+ rights, and has crossed to the Greens. He has been a strong supporter of trans rights, something this government has lost all sight of.
Same reason I swapped to the Greens! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💚
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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jamesdaustin.bsky.social
I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.

Get fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
velvetglitterman.bsky.social
No longer available to order - I just went to get some too!
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM