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FWS v Scottish Ministers: what to read before the hearing

Nov 23, 2024 | legalfeminist.org.uk | Naomi Cunningham

The hearing next week before the Supreme Court of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers is a big deal. Previous cases in the appellate courts have had serious implications for the impact of gender reassignment on women’s rights.
Sex and deception

Nov 15, 2024 | legalfeminist.org.uk | Naomi Cunningham

I wrote last week about why it’s necessary to keep all men out of spaces that are supposed to be for women only. I ended, on the subject of women traumatised by male violence: Obviously it’s not acceptable to say to such women “You can’t have any single-sex spaces”. But is it better to say “You can have single-sex spaces, mostly. Don’t worry: we’ll only let men use them if they look so much like women that you won’t be able to tell that they’re men.” Think about that.
Food Resilience Toolkit in action

Dec 1, 2023 | foodsystemsjournal.org | David Conner |Claire Whitehouse |Robinson Perez |Naomi Cunningham

JAFSCD Quick FactsDiscipline: AgricultureLanguage: EnglishEditor in Chief: Duncan HilcheyPublication details:History: 2010–presentPublisher: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsFrequency: Quarterly (with advance online publication)Open access: Yes, goldLicense: CC BY 4.0Impact Factor: 3.2 (2022)Standard abbreviations:ISO 4: J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.
When the truth offends

Sep 14, 2023 | legalfeminist.org.uk | Naomi Cunningham

Naomi Cunningham and Michael ForanSpeaking at a fringe meeting at the TUC this week, Jo Grady, the general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) said (as reported in the Telegraph):“whilst it’s clear that gender-critical beliefs are protected, the form of expression isn’t … You might have freedom of speech, but you don’t have freedom to offend … that’s one of the things that we try and educate our members about quite a lot.”This betrays a misunderstanding of the law.
S2 Ep-2 An interview with Nancy Kelly, CEO of Stonewall Charity

Jul 16, 2023 | linkedin.com | Naomi Cunningham

Barrister at Outer Temple Chambers (outertemple.com); Chair of Sex Matters (sex-matters.org). Self-employed; views my own. 1d Edited From about 13.20 in this interview, Nancy Kelly talks about a "very coordinated attack" on Stonewall's Diversity Champions and Workplace Equality Index Champions programmes. This amuses me greatly. The FOIA campaign was not a coordinated attack.
Leading for some

Jun 12, 2023 | thecritic.co.uk | Naomi Cunningham

The NHS Confederation is “the membership organisation that brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland”. It is a charity for “the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of public health”. Its annual income of over £17M is derived overwhelmingly from the public purse in the form of grants, contracts and membership subscriptions.
What does a GRC do?

Jun 1, 2023 | sex-matters.org | Naomi Cunningham

Although the Gender Recognition Act 2004 has now been in force for nearly 20 years, there is still a remarkable amount of confusion about the legal effect of a gender-recognition certificate.
Sensible people and the law going bonkers

Feb 10, 2023 | legalfeminist.org.uk | Naomi Cunningham

Giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee last week about the Scottish Government’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, Lord Falconer was dismissive of fears that the Bill would make it easier for voyeurs, exhibitionists and violent sex offenders to access supposedly women-only spaces. He said “What you’re talking about is the law going bonkers” and assured the Committee that “the law is sensible people…courts will be sensible”.