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This is not huge. He is literally saying what the law says, which is exactly what you expect a prime minister to do.

Damn, if only the PM had the power to get the law changed.

The PM declined to repeat his previous statement “transwomen are women,” instead asserting: “A woman is an adult female - the court has made that absolutely clear.”

This is transphobia, seriously listen to him weasel out of it. He was asked if trans woman were women in general, not specifically for the purposes of the Equalities Act.

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Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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- flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Should a transwoman have the same rights and respect as a woman? Absolutely. Are they the same? No, they are not.
  
  ‘As a woman’, a trans woman is a woman, different from a cis woman sure, but still a woman. This statement is fairly absurd if you substitute trans with another adjective, like is a blonde woman different from a woman?
  
  Kier’s words are still not transphobia. There is no fear, dislike, prejudice, discrimination, harassment, or violence in his statement.
  
  The prejudice is denying the legitimacy of trans women as women. ‘Adult human female’ is a dog whistle for ‘not trans’, so by asserting that a woman is ‘an adult female’ he’s saying trans women aren’t women (and that trans men aren’t men).
  
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  - Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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    flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    I use the term woman and you knew exactly what I meant
    
    I didn’t actually, I wrote that to probe out what you actually meant because I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
    
    A blonde woman is a description of a woman’s hair colour and you know this.
    
    And trans/cis is a descriptions of whether a woman was assigned female at birth or not. Woman is not synonymous with cis woman.
    
    They have different names, which you yourself, use for a reason.
    
    You give them different names, I’m using adjectives because the distinction matters in this context.
    
    I am not denying the legitimacy of transwomen [sic]; nor is Keir.
    
    But also:
    
    This is exactly the same as saying transwomen [sic] are not women, because they are not. They are transwomen [sic].
    
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    LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    A trans woman, and a cis woman are both subtypes of women. One used to be physically male, the other didn’t. Both are women and should be afforded the same treatment under law unless actually there’s actually reasonable issues created by that.
    
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