Hackney’s Green Party mayor Zoë Garbett has said trans women will continue to be able to use women’s toilets and other council facilities in the borough, despite new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ‘guidance’ stating that single-sex spaces should be organised according to biological sex.
What I find really fascinating about the response to this comment is the fear of “what if…” with respect to being challenged on it.
I’m not downplaying what a pain that will be. The alternative is making discriminatory rules based on something that isn’t even technically required, and that feels so… wrong? It’s so much easier to say “nah” to a “should” rather than a “shall”. It just takes a tiny bit of chutzpah.
What is chutzpah?
It’s a Yiddish word that I think originally had more negative connotations but means nerve or audacity. It is used in more positive ways today, more like courage.
Cheers!