Revision as of 15:42, 7 September 2023 edit Teapotpie (talk \| contribs) 85 edits Attempted to clean up "treated as a woman" section, added previously removed reference whose removal made it confusing, added the context of the CoE report. Two references as the main CoE report doesn't have the initial release date. ← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:46, 7 September 2023 edit undo Teapotpie (talk \| contribs) 85 edits Can't find a source for "decided to make the Minister for Equalities value both men and woman equally", or what actions this involved. Removing as the sentence doesn't make sense without that part. Next edit →
Line 42: In 2004, [[Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne\|Lord Northbourne]] called for the creation of a minister to concentrate on issues specific to men.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/3522631.stm\|title=FHM: For Him Minister?\|publisher=BBC News Online\|date=3 March 2004\|access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref> This call was repeated by [[Nick_Fletcher_(politician)\|Nick Fletcher]] in September of 2023, to deal with issues such as reducing male suicide, improving paternity rights and tackling misogyny.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunak-urged-to-appoint-minister-for-men-to-improve-society-fcfmmmw76\|title=Sunak urged to appoint minister for men\|publisher=The Times\|date=6 September 2023\|access-date=7 September 2023</ref> A [[Council of Europe]] report<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pace.coe.int/en/files/29418/html#_TOC_d19e701\|title=Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe\|date=17 December 2021\|access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://pace.coe.int/en/news/8431/committee-highlights-rise-in-hatred-against-lgbti-people\|title=Committee highlights rise in hatred against LGBTI people\|date=23 September 2021\|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> in September of 2021 criticised the Minister for Equalities, stating that rhetoric from the minister is in contradiction with international human rights standards and has contributed to a sharp increase in transphobic crimes since 2015. In response to this in October of 2021, [[Liz Truss\|Prime Minister Liz Truss]], holding the role of Minister for Equalities, decided to make the Minister for Equalities value both men and woman equally stating that it was “dehumanising” to be “treated as a woman”, saying that “rather than seeing people as part of an identity group, we need to see them as individual humans”. The two most recent female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom\|Prime Ministers]], [[Theresa May]] and [[Liz Truss]], served in this position.

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