Why the government won’t define sex in law
from Christian Concern:
Carys Moseley comments on the government’s recent response to a petition calling for sex to be defined in law.
The UK government has refused to define sex as biological when asked by a Parliamentary petition to do so. This is a very serious matter as it suggests the government has no serious intention of tackling the crisis over sex and identity that has engulfed the United Kingdom since Brexit. For all its posturing on ‘the war on woke’, it is clear now that this government has abdicated all responsibility and authority on the matter. The gender-critical feminist project of getting the government to define sex in law has therefore run into the sand.
Parliamentary petition asking for sex to be defined as biological
The following petition was published on the Parliament website and widely circulated:
“Update the Equality Act to make clear the characteristic ‘sex’ is biological sex
“The Government must exercise its power under s.23 of the Gender Recognition Act to modify the operation of the Equality Act 2010 by specifying the terms sex, male, female, man & woman, in the operation of that law, mean biological sex and not ‘sex as modified by a Gender Recognition Certificate’
“The Equality Act 2010 covers nine separate protected characteristics, including ‘Sex’ & ‘Gender Reassignment’. This protects people against sex discrimination and discrimination because a person is transgender.
“There has been much confusion about how the Equality Act and GRA interact. This has caused uncertainty and conflict for women, transgender people, and service providers. The GRA includes a provision to amend other laws to make it clear whether a GRC changes the definition of sex for that law.”
The petition gathered over 79,000 signatures, meaning that the government was bound to respond.
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