More than 20 LGBT organisations, including Stonewall, claimed the EHRC has worked to remove legal protections for the transgender community in Britain after it said it would review plans to change the law on gender recognition in Scotland.
Writing to the United Nations, the collective have argued for the commission to be stripped of its status as an impartial body, with Stonewall going further and describing the EHRC's statement as an attack on trans equality.
But EHRC chief executive Marcial Boo shot back on Friday and defended the commissions' track record on prosecuting those who discriminate against minority groups.
Bagsie the popcorn!
"Tim Hopkins claiming the EHRC board is 'directly appointed' by the UK Government and is 'failing to stand up for equality for trans people'."
ReplyDeleteUntroubled by semantics, by "equality" they mean "special treatment".
"Untroubled by semantics, by "equality" they mean "special treatment"."
ReplyDeleteSpot on! That's what it's really about.