lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity
👤 Joined on 06 July 2023
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@lgbtiscotland.bsky.socialOur next Trans Community Organisers Forum is this week! Join us on 14th October at 6pm - Online 🏳️⚧️ This forum is for trans and non-binary organisers across Scotland - Despite the challenges, your efforts are helping to build a stronger, more vibrant community. www.outsavvy.com/event/39877/...
Show PostWe do not understand how they can describe the law in the way they have without seeing it as a creating a significant and urgent risk to trans children and young people.
Show PostHowever, as we say several times in our response, they also have a role in highlighting to the UK Government that the current legal framework requires treating trans children and young people in ways that will put them at risk of violence and abuse and clearly impact on their human rights.
Show PostWe acknowledge that it is not the EHRC’s role to create the law, but to describe how they believe it works.
Show PostWhile the guidance is primarily focused on informing schools about their duties under the Equality Act, we are also concerned that only following this guidance will lead schools to neglect the human rights of trans pupils, especially those in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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