And The Madness Only Gets Worse - Labour allows male activist to stand as women's officer 'because he identifies as a woman on Wednesdays'
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And The Madness Only Gets Worse - Labour allows male activist to stand as women's officer 'because he identifies as a woman on Wednesdays'
A local Labour party has reportedly allowed a man to be on the list of candidates for women's officer because he "identifies as a woman on Wednesdays", under their "self-id" rules.
In order to stand for the women-only position, the candidate has to self-identify as a woman, but there are no other stipulations about gender.
David Lewis, a Labour activist, told the Spectator he identifies as a woman "on Wednesdays, between 6.50am when my alarm goes off and around midnight when I go to bed."
Some feminist activists have raised concerns about self-identification, arguing it could cause men to stand on the all-women shortlists the Labour uses to improve gender equality. They have tried to bring a legal challenge against the party, saying where transgender women do not hold a gender recognition certificate, they should not be allowed to stand in posts the law reserves for women.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/labour-allows-male-activist-stand-womens-officer-identifies/
In order to stand for the women-only position, the candidate has to self-identify as a woman, but there are no other stipulations about gender.
David Lewis, a Labour activist, told the Spectator he identifies as a woman "on Wednesdays, between 6.50am when my alarm goes off and around midnight when I go to bed."
Some feminist activists have raised concerns about self-identification, arguing it could cause men to stand on the all-women shortlists the Labour uses to improve gender equality. They have tried to bring a legal challenge against the party, saying where transgender women do not hold a gender recognition certificate, they should not be allowed to stand in posts the law reserves for women.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/labour-allows-male-activist-stand-womens-officer-identifies/
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Re: And The Madness Only Gets Worse - Labour allows male activist to stand as women's officer 'because he identifies as a woman on Wednesdays'
this is quite interesting actually
because surely in the name of equality there shouldn't be positions that are restricted by gender
it seems some 'Some feminist activists' are really just sexist pigs
because surely in the name of equality there shouldn't be positions that are restricted by gender
it seems some 'Some feminist activists' are really just sexist pigs
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