• ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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    7 days ago

    This bombastic style of reporting isn’t helpful. The ruling doesn’t “strip” protections, it clarifies that Scotland made a law based on an error in interpretation of an earlier law, ergo those protections never existed. It further points out that the Equalities Act confers protections on trans people regardless. The protections of the Scottish law were a mirage - insubstantial and not legal.

    This is an opportunity to introduce the protections Scotland thought were in force, but actually.

    I can see why people are dismayed, but this is procedural law, and a route to more iron-clad protections in the future.

  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    A dark day for us all, solidarity with anyone feeling more scared or unsafe after this ruling ❤️