Talk:Equality Act (United States)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2021
The section on Callie Burt's position is incorrect. She did not 'pit' women against transgender people. She (correctly, I might add) pitted sex against gender. She explicitly argued that she was in favor of LGBT rights and that trans people and females could both be protected. The language "women" versus "transgender people" is incorrect and a misrepresentation.

Change this: "Georgia State University criminology professor Callie H. Burt published a paper in the June 2020 issue of Feminist Criminology in which she examined the potential effects of the Equality Act on women's rights, pitting women against transgender people."

To this: Georgia State University criminology professor Callie H. Burt published a paper in the June 2020 issue of Feminist Criminology in which she examined the potential effects of the Equality Act on women's rights by highlighting the distinction between sex and gender identity.

In the next sentence, the discussion fails to acknowledge that Burt' 'laments the consequences of the act' for women 'however defined' because the act's using gender self-ID would endanger both females and transwomen.

In current form, the description neglects the fact that Burt did not pit women against transwomen but women against predatory males.

Change this: While saying the Act is "laudable in its aims", Burt lamented the lack of scrutiny and discussion by Democratic representatives in Congress into the real consequences the Act's "imprecise language" would bring to women: "The result is the erosion of females' provisions, which include sex-separated spaces (e.g., prisons, locker rooms, shelters), opportunities and competitions (e.g., awards, scholarships, sports), and events (e.g., meetings, groups, festivals)". To this: Arguing that the Act is "laudable in its aims", Burt lamented the lack of scrutiny and discussion by Democratic representatives in Congress into the consequences of the Act's prioritization of in-the-moment gender self-ID over sex: "The result is the erosion of females' provisions, which include sex-separated spaces (e.g., prisons, locker rooms, shelters), opportunities and competitions (e.g., awards, scholarships, sports), and events (e.g., meetings, groups, festivals)." Burt noted that the Act would undermine the safety of everyone in women's spaces, both women and transwomen.' 23.118.90.250 (talk) 00:57, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Jack Frost (talk) 05:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Political opposition
I made an edit a couple of days ago which included a quote from Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a member of the Judiciary Committee. The edit was reverted by someone saying that "most of the information had already been covered". What? Senator Cruz was speaking in a hearing on this bill. Far more notable than a petty dispute involving a fringe figure like Representive Marjorie Taylor Greene. BlueMesa171 (talk) 19:10, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice
— Assignment last updated by Joshuapak11 (talk) 21:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)