PEOPLE BELIEVE Many things, some are wise and some are not. English law considers it the right to retain and express those beliefs for good reason. In recent years, the court has ruled that catastrophic climate change, ethical veganism, and beliefs in “the ability to communicate with the spirit through media” are all “respectable in a democratic society.” In 2019, the referee considered something else. In other words, “there are only two genders, male and female.”
The plaintiff is Maya Forstayer, a tax expert, who lost her job at an American think tank after tweeting about her beliefs. She summarized them as follows: Men are adult men, and “gender does not change.” These beliefs were recognized by employment referees as “not worthy of respect in a democratic society.” On June 10, the ruling was overturned.
The decision is important to both Ms. Fourstayer and Stonewall, a large campaign charity. Being transgender identifies you as something other than the gender of your birth and “does not have (or does not have) a particular body part” but “absolutely transgender identity. It’s the core, something that doesn’t change. ” There is. ” It describes another view as “transphobia”.
Stonewall promotes this doctrine, widely known as “gender self-identification,” through the Diversity Champions scheme. NHS Trust, MI6, the military and the Ministry of Interior have signed up for. The business model of the scheme is simple. Companies give money to Stonewall. Stonewall ensures that the policy is in line with the idea and badges it as diverse and comprehensive. One of the founders of the charity and now a critic, Simon Fanshaw believes that employers like it, at least in part. ..
However, the result was contrary to freedom of religion and speech in the workplace. Naomi Cunningham, an employment barrister and co-founder of the campaign group Fourstayer of Sex Matters, has decided that all major institutions must practice Catholicism for everyone. It seems. “And suddenly, the rest of us woke up and realized that we were under theocracy. [that] Everyone has to pay for lip service. She suggests that Stonewall’s claim that transubstantiation is not a physical issue reflects Catholic belief in transubstantiation. Men “may hold a man’s accident, but in essence it’s a woman’s accident.”
There are some signs that confidence in Stonewall may be beginning to decline. In May, the official body, the Commission on Human Rights, announced that it would withdraw from the Diversity Champions scheme. Other large organizations are gone, and Liz Truss, Minister for Women and Equality, says all government agencies should.In the article Times In May, Matthew Parris, another co-founder of Stonewall, said, “Stonewall got lost.” He asked what it was doing, involved in an attempt to suppress freedom of speech.
Fanshaw believes the Stonewall tragedy is part of a wider range of malaise in political debate. He points out that a recent ruling upheld Ms. Fourstayer’s right to her beliefs, as well as the right of others to believe in the superiority of gender identity over biological sex. True inclusion means “building a very broad alliance.” Instead of doing it like a stone wall, he says, “I’m sitting in the corner of the room with a bag on my head that shouts” bigot “to people.” ■■
Editor’s Note: Earlier versions of this article mistakenly described Maya Forstater as a “defendant.” We apologize for the error.
This article was published in the UK section of the print version under the heading “Stone walling”.
