Elaine Willis, a former chair of Stonewall, says the equality watchdog’s crucial work in promoting human rights for all is being undermined
In asking for a special review of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s “A” rating as a regulator (LGBT+ groups call for EHRC to lose international status over trans stance, 11 February), Stonewall is trying to undermine the only regulator we have that is invested in securing human rights and equality for all in the UK.
The EHRC’s chair is right to point out that its task is to balance the rights of all and not any one group. Stonewall’s insistence on misrepresenting the EHRC’s views and on “speaking for all” in the quest for gaining rights for trans people is misguided. Rights and freedoms are not entitlements; they are negotiated with others before the law through honest and often impassioned debate.
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