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Then its no longer the Women's Institute then. Might as well change the name to bigotry Institute.
The JK Rowling Memorial TERF Institue
I wouldn’t blame the institute they’re doing it against their wishes for legal reasons. I believe they’re going to still support trans women the best they can within the rules of the law.
They are choosing to disenfranchise people instead of fight for them. If they are willing to throw people away to maintain their own positions, then they never actually cared about you in the first place. They are choosing to sacrifice people for their own comfort.
Fuck Melissa Green, the bigot.
You can absolute blame them for doing it without a fight. We’ll see if these ‘legal routes’ they’re exploring go anywhere, or if it’s just ‘sowwy, the gobermint said we had to uwu’
Ah yes collaboration with nazis ends well for everyone…
What legal reasons? They're not legally bound to only accept cis women, its just one of their own rules. They don't have to go through the courts, they can change their bylaws to include trans women. Or whatever verbiage they need.
Unless I'm missing something, they have no legal obligation to keep the same bylaws as an organization. Then there's no basis for a terf to sue.
ETA: whoop, missed this part of the article apparently;
So if that's possible, then it seems absurd that the main organization could be at risk of legal action
They’re a federation of charities. Charities can’t just change their by-laws when they want to.
Well not overnight obviously, I'm sure it has to go through a board of directors and have a vote for it. My comment may have come off a bit more flippant then intended tbh. But I'm not aware of any legal reason they can't go that route though, but I'm not in the UK so ¯\(ツ)/¯
I did find this, which I think is relevant. https://the-icm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CC363.pdf
What laws? This blatantly turning their backs on trans women.
Have you read the article? It literally says it’s due to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
The head of the institute expresses deep regret and is exploring legal routes to correct this..
And they have to follow that law, or using it as an excuse to deny trans?
Nah they can just ignore the law.
Seriously though, I'd guess their funding comes from the government in some way, and if they do not adhere to the laws governing that, their funding could be completely pulled.
Edit: To be more clear, it's likely the definition of woman in the eyes of the govt would determine what aid groups do with funds provided by the government if they say they serve that population, so it could be considered defrauding the govt if you're helping trans women with funds allocated only for "women" under the new definition.
I think it's fucked up the court ruled this way, but it's at least understandable why this institute would need to follow along unless they want to try to self-fund in some way, which might not work at all and then the good they are doing is completely lost. They also did say they're going to work on it from a legal perspective so unless that's just BS (could be) then it seems they are trying to do the right thing and advocate for trans rights.
The WI gets no government funding. That would be strange.
Why would it be strange?
Its extremely common for advocacy/care groups to get governmental funding
It’s neither of those things.
"To be able to continue operating as the Women’s Institute - a legally recognised women’s organisation and charity - we must act in accordance with the Supreme Court’s judgment and restrict formal membership to biological women only. However, this change is only in respect to our membership policy and does not change our firm belief that transgender women are women."
I didn't read their actual announcement before but it literally says exactly that.
It’s a federation of social clubs for women. Their meetings have guest lecturers, they bake pies, and so on. You might as well expect the government to fund the Scouts.
They do in certain instances lmao https://www.girlscouts.org/en/support-us/donate/our-partners/DOL.html
Grants and tax incentives for organizations and such are contingent on various factors, the implication here is obviously that there is some negative ramification (likely financially) for not adhereing to what a "woman" is according to the law in relation to their status as a "legally recognized womens organization and charity".
You're using a UK domain so here's one from the UK lol https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-your-local-group/grants-from-uk-scouts/uniformed-youth-fund/
They used a right wing dogwhistle.
What was the dogwhistle?
When bigots say “biological sex” they’re intentionally misgendering.
I don't think they're using it as a dogwhistle, from searching it just seems a fairly commonly used term
10 day account attempting to downplay transphobia…
I'm just saying it's a commonly used term. Wikipedia uses it 12 times and in a very neutral way too from what I can tell.
Do not make incorrect assumptions. I’m talking about when trans individuals are referred to in general and no intersex people do not fall neatly within 2 boxes.
Stop defending Nazis. Get your head out of your ass.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-calling-trans-women-biological
"I am offended so everything you said is irrelevant"
Sorry, but this is what you sound like
'Biological sex'
You heard it here first; trans women are droids.