Interesting Links for 11-01-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The UK Government has announced it may stop recognising gender recognition certificates from as many as 14 countries, including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Please contact your MP!

(tags:transgender bigotry UK OhForFucksSake LGBT conservatives )

2. The proposed anti-union legislation is an incoherent mess

(tags:unions mess conservatives OhForFucksSake law )

3. Is a member of Congress being sworn in on a copy of Superman? Well, kinda.

(tags:superman politics usa bible history )

4. Horrible Therapist Random Comic Generator

My favourite is https://theoatmeal.com/pages/horrible_therapist?q=q_how_weekend_1&a=a_ran_over_priest&t=t_pornhub
(tags:funny comics therapy random )

5. How do kids enjoy terrible things?

(tags:children imagination comic funny )

Comments

No 5.

[channelpenguin]

I thought no. 5 was going to be about "horrible" things, not "poorly or made" / "crudely drawn". Lol.

[cmcmck]

1. Done although our local MP is a Tory arse.

I suspect there is only part of a story here though. As you know, I possess a GRC and it is not something I would ever need to carry or present as the possession of said GRC allowed me to change my birth certificate and on the rare occasions I (or anyone else) would need to present such a document (when we got wed for example) that's what I (or anyone else) would present. The only person that has ever seen that GRC is me, the people in the issuing government department and the folk who adjusted the BC.

It's possible things are done differently elsewhere in the world, but I would say that insisting on someone presenting a GRC and not allowing them to correct their BC would also be pretty appalling!

[andrewducker]

I think it's purely a bit of posturing - because, as you say, you don't need a GRC except for updating your birth certificate (and other government documents). Designed to play to their base.

As regards Point 1:

[dewline]

I am a cis Canadian who values the health and safety of my trans friends, neighbours and other strangers here and abroad. I am planning to contact Stonewall to see what advice they might have for people outside the UK wanting to practice solidarity in this.

Brexit was intended to pave the way for this, among so much else going wrong in the UK nowadays, I suspect.