EAT hears David Mackereth's appeal against trans pronouns ruling
Christian doctor David Mackereth is appealing a 2019 religion and belief discrimination judgment at the EAT this week.
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Christian doctor David Mackereth is appealing a 2019 religion and belief discrimination judgment at the EAT this week.
JK Rowling, 56, posted a picture of her friend Allison Bailey to mark Lesbian Visibility Week. The image sparked fury as Ms Bailey is suing Stonewall over claims she was silenced over transgender views.
I mean, it's notjust to be rhetorical, i think most trans people know what sex they are, because sex is to do with the chromosomes in your cells and those sorts... and the genitalia that you were born with and the reproductive role that you have, and you can artificially change those things, but you haven't changed your basic state. i'm sorry if that's distressing to hear, but i mean, it'sjust... but then there's a question of what that actually means. you know, there's a phrase that some of your critics have used, like robin white, a leading barrister. she's a trans woman. she says that what ...
But i mean, it'sjust... but then there's a question of what that actually means. you know, there's a phrase that some of your critics have used, like robin white, a leading barrister. she's a trans woman. she says that what you're talking about is a form of biological essentialism. that's the phrase she uses and says it doesn't even begin to meet the reality of what life is for those living as transgendered individuals. i mean, that's a grand—sounding phrase, but essentialism is, you know, can mean different things, philosophically. i'm certainly not saying that the most important thing abou...
Actually, that's not the case at all, as far as i can see. most trans people know what sex they are, because they wouldn't be trans if they didn't, you know, so they know that they have transitioned... well, yes, it's about tenses then, isn't it? they know what sex they were, what their identity was, and they want to change it. well, sex and identity are not the same things, and i think, i honestly think... i mean, it's notjust to be rhetorical, i think most trans people know what sex they are, because sex is to do with the chromosomes in your cells and those sorts... and the genitalia that yo...