The London Stags writes open letter to the following MPs who cover both our club & our members:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting), Fleur Anderson (Putney), Marsha De Cordova (Battersea), Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Clapham & Brixton Hill), Steve Reed (Streatham and Croydon North), Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden), Paul Kohler (Wimbledon), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Miatta Fahnbulleh (Peckham), Georgia Gould (Queen's Park and Maida Vale), Calvin Bailey (Leyton and Wanstead), Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall), Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark), Monica Harding (Esher & Walton), Bobby Dean (Carshalton and Wallington)

I write to you in my role as Chairperson of the London Stags RFC, an LGBT+ inclusive rugby
team established in 2019 based in Mitcham. Whilst we play in Mitcham, our
members are spread across London and the South West, and I write to you as an
MP who covers a proportion of our membership.

I write to ask you to stand with the Trans+, non-binary and LGBT+ community and use your
place in Parliament to protect our rights. The EHRC's updated Code of Practice
was laid in Parliament on 21 May. From everything we have heard about its
interpretation of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling, it marks a
massive step back for trans and non-binary people.

We believe the Code will bring about a trans+ bathroom ban, but it goes much further. It will limit access to healthcare, housing, women's groups (even ones that
have always been trans-inclusive), social care, domestic violence refuges,
gyms, pools and spas. It could also redefine lesbian and gay relationships, no longer protecting a trans woman and a cis woman in a relationship under the Equality Act's sexual orientation provisions.

We are also concerned about the impact it will have on the sport we all love – rugby. Our
rugby club offers a space for everyone to enjoy the game, on and off the pitch. This is particularly important in a world where LGBT+ people are generally excluded, discriminated against and undermined from certain situations like sport.

The EHRC's draft consultation received over 50,000 responses, many from trans and
non-binary people and the people who love them. This Code does not arrive in
isolation. It sits inside a wider pattern of removing trans rights.

I am asking you to:

Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate and a free vote on this Code.
Support the motion, started by Nadia Whittmore MP, calling on the guidance to be rejected: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938
Write to the Minister for Women and

I trust you will represent our concerns and work towards a society that values and protects
the rights of all its members.

Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter and I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,
George Green,
Chairperson, London Stags RFC.