GRA Repeal

By Danny Nicol  Dr Michael Foran has expressed the view that  To say the least the fact that repeal of the Gender Recognition Act would put the U.K. in breach of international human rights law is enough to ensure that it would never succeed in Parliament. Repealing the GRA is a pipe dream. (Twitter, 28th July 2023).  It is good that Dr Foran has spelt out his objection. Doing so facilitates debate, and it is valuable for those of us on the ‘Biological Realist’ side of the gender conflict to debate aims and strategy. It would also be good if some of our prominent campaigning organisations, such as Sex Matters and the LGB Alliance, could emulate Dr Foran’s candour and tell us whether they’ll campaign for the repeal of the GRA and of the protected characteristic of gender reassignment in the Equality Act, and if not, why not.  It’s true enough that in  Goodwin v United Kingdom  (2002) the European Court of Human Rights held that:  [93] …. Since there are no significant factors of public i