The Lemkin Institute’s demolition of the EHRC’s anti-trans code was systematic

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As the Canary previously reported, on 20 June the Lemkin Institute — a major international genocide watchdog organisation — issued a condemnation of the EHRC’s anti-trans Code of Practice.  In our previous article, we covered why the institute was naming the anti-trans movement in the UK as genocidal. Here, we’ll take a look at the lengthy statement’s systematic demolition of key points from both the code itself and the assumptions behind it. If you can’t make it through the whole thing, don’t worry. It boils down to one simple point:  The EHRC was not required to make its guidance as trans exclusionary as possible,…

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