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The conservatives have pledged to update equality laws, to define sex as someone�*s biological sex at birth. they say current confusion over definitions cannot be allowed to continue — and updating the law would make biological sex a protected characteristic. they claim that means it would be easier to create protected spaces for women and girls. labour say the law doesnt need to be amended and accuse the conservatives of stoking a culture war. heres alex forsyth. flanked by young footballer...

Pledged to tackle the "confusion" over the legal definition of sex by amending the equality act if they win the election. the conservatives announced this morning theyd make biological sex a protected characteristic, making it easier for some organisations to prevent transgender women from using female only spaces. the leaders of the four parties in scotland which took seats at the last election have been holding a televised debate. its being broadcast on stv — and heres a taste of the opening...

And what was the best way of doing that. and just the fact that the discussion about sex and gender had moved on quite a lot from when the equality act was passed in 2010, when the decade before, gender recognition certificates were introduced. and so, its notjust come out of nowhere. and also, the equalities and human rights commission had been looking into this earlier in the year, and had recommended that something be done around this — although people will then say to the conservatives, "w...

Unnecessary thing. and the other part of this actually is that the conservatives also said that, when it comes to this issue, legislation should be made in westminster. now you can imagine that left the snp pretty unhappy, because the snp said it should be up to the governments of different nations to have a say in this process, as well. and you remember there was a back and forth when in scotland, the scottish government tried to change the law on this to make it easier for people to change the...

Meanwhile, today the Conservatives have focused their energy on the Equality Act.

Progressive gender activists are upset at a new lesbian dating app that uses facial recognition technology to prevent trans-identified men from using it.

Dobbs concurrence, he said lawrence should be reconsidered. >> lambda is very proud, won marriage equality. also proud of the fact, this court with only one change in personnel, ruled in the ball stop decision you could not fire people based on gender identity or sexual orientation. we asked the court to consider a case where we are counsel in tennessee, a situation they have dam trans healthcare for young people. we are asking the court to overturn that ban and we are confident we are on the ri...

There was a federal law that protected lgbtq+ people from discrimination. that is not true, the equality act was first introduced in 1974, 50 years ago. congress has yet to act. it is critical we pass the equality act and enshrine american law that discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation is not acceptable. >> lambda legal ceo kevin jennings, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show . coming up, how worried americans can move forward after donald trumps guilty ...