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QueerAF
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🚨 The Code of Practice has been published. It treats Trans+ people as a 'third sex', and creates legal defences to make it more justifiable to exclude Trans+ people from single-sex spaces. A full explainer and digest will be in our newsletter on Saturday. For now, this is what we know 🧵

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A Code of Practice that will significantly change Trans+ rights in public life is expected today. We'll be cutting through the noise and spin, from right wing media, to bring you (and 10K readers) an explainer in our free newsletter Sat. Skip the doom scrolling 👇 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

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QueerAF
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The topline is it codifies sex as 'biological', and regardless of having a gender recognition certificate, Trans+ people's sex will be considered as what they were assigned at birth. It sets out the impact this will have on the provision of sport, single-sex spaces, changing rooms and toilets.

QueerAF
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A vast number of examples are given using trans people as the focus. In many examples, it stresses how discriminating against Trans+ people could breach the code. However, it offers more defences to afford organisations the ability to ban Trans+ people from single-sex associations and spaces.

QueerAF
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Analysis by @jamiewareham.co.uk This is not the code of practice that anyone wants, gender-criticals or Trans+ people. It toes the line between saying Trans+ people are protected, while essentially treating them as a third sex that, in many circumstances, will force them to rely on unisex toilets.

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This is a huge document that we're now going to comb through in detail. We'll bring you a full explainer, with analysis and a deeper dive in our newsletter on Saturday. Join 10K readers who'll understand it, and learn what fighting back against it will look like 🏳️‍⚧️ 📩 wearequeeraf.com/subscribe

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