the lack of awareness from that newspaper is astonishing

Are we being trolled :nono:

It seems that way :laugh:

this is how far this has got....
 

It has emerged that guidance for judges tells them to “respect” the gender identity of those who appear in court.

The guidance, which features in the Equal Treatment Bench Book, says: “It should be possible to respect a person’s gender identity and their present name for nearly all court and tribunal purposes, regardless of whether they have obtained legal recognition of their gender by way of a Gender Recognition Certificate.”

It also tells judges that a person’s gender status should not be disclosed unless it is necessary and relevant to the legal proceedings.


DT

To be fair, I don't base using preferred pronouns on legal status because I don't believe it either way because there's no need to be blatantly rude to/about someone.

But at the same time, I wouldn't expect victims of sexual assault to be legally obligated to respect the way someone wishes to be addressed.

I wonder if he'd identified as an elephant, the Gaurdian would say an elephant committed murder.:hehe:

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