While I understand it has become a controversial subject among certain people, there should be nothing controversial about someone legally being recognised as who they are. Ensuring non-binary individuals can be legally recognised as ourselves is long overdue. www.bbc.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

danielsohege.bsky.social • 1 day ago

While I understand it has become a controversial subject among certain people, there should be nothing controversial about someone legally being recognised as who they are.
Ensuring non-binary individuals can be legally recognised as ourselves is long overdue.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyve4m79e6lo

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wexwexler.bsky.social•1 day ago

@danielsohege.bsky.social Quick questions has any American successfully argued for asylum in the Uk on the grounds of certain awful conditions within the United States?

volition-newlove.itch.io•1 day ago

politically, the uk would need to break its close ties with the us first, otherwise the uk would be risking a major diplomatic incident

no idea what'll be happening in the future, though

danielsohege.bsky.social•1 day ago

There have been a limited number of cases in the last decade and a half of Americans being granted asylum, but, yes, to do so on a large scale would risk creating a serious diplomatic incident.

wexwexler.bsky.social•1 day ago

On what ground were they granted asylum for @danielsohege.bsky.social

danielsohege.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't know. I just went through the accepted asylum applications over a period of years based on nationality

wexwexler.bsky.social•18 hours ago

@danielsohege.bsky.social is there data on other European countries?

danielsohege.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not to the best of my knowledge. I haven't seen statistics of nationality of accepted asylum decisions which would cover the current US President's period though.

emilyatlast.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Certain people” = bigots.

We should just cut them out of the loop. I don’t understand why bigoted people get a say in this kind of thing, however indirectly.

Also, I can’t imagine the shitshow of a parliamentary debate this would entail. Transphobes R us .

dr-negrin.bsky.social•1 day ago

They aren't.

transiness.bsky.social•1 day ago

We can't have people defining themselves! It would destroy the fabric of time itself!

I wonder, what they gain from not allowing people to exist? Is this the fear that power has of personal autonomy and agency?

Because their identity takes nothing from me, it adds to connection and understanding.

whysocialmedia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please sign https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

timbucks83.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Whilst I agree in principle with someone's right to declare themselves non binary, I do sometimes wonder at what point should a judge make these decisions and not parliament.

nevereverdave.bsky.social•1 day ago

Holyrood refused to include provisions for Non Binary people in the then proposed Gender Recognition Act Reforms. A brutal kick into the "long grass" that remains unaddressed to this day.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/statement-gender-recognition/

John Swinney today broadly talked of decency in his budget speech. A ways to go.

davidhardstaff.co.uk•1 day ago

Hard to see how Parliament is relevant. How people live, and who they live with or marry etc. ought not to be controversial - legal rights should be the same for all.

That's kind of the point with rights ...

1voice.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because there's currently no UK law that would allow for British courts to grant the request - which anyone that had read the article would know. Whether anyone agrees with the ruling or not, the judiciary's function is to uphold existing laws - not create new ones. That's the job of Parliament.

davidhardstaff.co.uk•1 day ago

Poorly worded - I appreciate the role of Parliament and the Separation of Powers etc. My implication is that these things ought not to be at the "party-political" whim of Parliament - they should be basic rights enshrined in law, without countless lives being batted back and forth endlessly.

1voice.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree with that - they should be enshrined in law. Unfortunately, it's politicians that pass laws which dictate our lives from the womb to the grave. Am wondering if this particular situation is encompassed by ECHR law - if so, Ryan Castellucci's best bet would be an appeal to the European courts.

hollybrigstocke.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looks like ECHR is the best bet, although I do note the courts did fall back on common law to overturn statute on Rwanda.

UK has already fallen behind its ECHR obligations to trans people, and in practice I found human rights and equality and psed is ignored. Ministerial whim carries more weight.

1voice.bsky.social•1 day ago

All the more reason for us to alienate those ministers that believe their whims are more important than laws, & protest to get them removed from office. If we can collectively get rid of Boris, we can get rid of anyone that refuses to comply with the law.
We should all be concerned about Tory stance

joeinaustralia.bsky.social•1 day ago

When I was a kid official documents like birth and death certificates often included the subject's religion; that's less common now, because we understand that hardly relevant and might not even be accurate. Maybe it's time for gender to go the same way.

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is a case to be made for gender/sex abolitionism, but it would require massive restructuring of society, and you can bet that bigots will absolutely never allow it to happen if it equalizes trans people.

microsofty.bsky.social•1 day ago

That means no more male and female prisons

joeinaustralia.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I think prisons are the hardest test for gender agnosticism, but that's because the govt. chooses to tolerate prisoner-on-prisoner violence. I feel that if existing prisons were made safe then they would also be safe for a mixed-gender population.

microsofty.bsky.social•1 day ago

No more male or female hospital wards

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