Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed

Last week’s supreme court ruling sent shock waves through the UK’s trans community.

The unanimous judgment said the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates (GRCs).

That feeling was compounded when Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is preparing new statutory guidance, said the judgment meant only biological women could use single-sex changing rooms and toilets.

  • acchariya@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    But what is it for, why have sex on the passport at all? Why is it important to know the “biological sex” of a traveler? Have you been genetically scanned at a border crossing before?

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        13 hours ago

        because these are the standard points of data that accurately identifies an individual: place of birth adds geography so you can look for local records, and birthdate is a “key” to separate individuals with the same name

        name and dob is the standard identifier in medicine

        place name is important because passports are related to geography and actual individual identity

        now you answer the question