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1/🧵 Many new archive finds. The UK considered in 2002 to use a remedial order under the Human Rights Act to bring the law into compliance with Goodwin & “I”. The government opted for primary legislation because of the “complex knock-on effect”.

10/5/25, 9:42 am51 reposts190 likes

Rebecca Gellman 🩷💛💙 - Dignity & Respect stolen by UK Government.

@starfleet-net.co.uk

1 June

Surely by now there's some process to go back to the Supreme Court and say "hey look, you clearly got it wrong, take another look maybe?"

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@rubecula52.bsky.social

10 May 2025

It's amazing that your doing the hard graft work of finding these documents to show how completely wrong the supreme Court ruling was. Is it possible that these could be used to support McCloud's challenge of the ruling?

Potentially.

@mindspikes.bsky.social

10 May 2025

You're amazing and you do such extremely valuable work. Sorry I just had to say that!

MindSpikes

@mindspikes.bsky.social

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2/ The rest of the letter is quite transphobic. It’s 2002. And we know they changed their policy in 2003.

Catherine Baker

@richmondbridge.bsky.social

10 May 2025

These archival finds are so important - thank you 🤩 Would that policy change only have happened after Milburn left? (Sorry if that was in a thread I missed…)

Stephanie Anne Calvert

@stephannecalvert.bsky.social

10 May 2025

That appears to say they were ready to accept one GD diagnosis, a letter from the GP and the subject's sworn statement, rather than all the current fuss to get a GRC