UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
way to make life less safe for everyone, idiots
Great job. Now trans and cis people are going to get harassed for being in the wrong bathrooms by the gender police.
Fantastic work by team bigot.
Now trans and cis people are going to get harassed for being in the wrong bathrooms by the gender police.
They said on the radio that the changes in bathroom laws in the US have mainly impacted butch lesbians. This is going to get messy.
Already happening sadly, and not by accident either. It's not just about rolling back trans rights, it's about dragging us back to narrow and restrictive ideas of sex and gender in general.
I wonder what these morons think about intersex people or is that concept beyond a primary school child's understanding so not considered by the judges?
It's a group funded by JK Rowling, she is laser-focused on trans woman and so intersex people and trans men are an after thought, if they are even given a thought.
Just wait till trans men using the ladies bathrooms etc. causes uproar.
IMO this is the definitive way to demonstrate the absurdity of their position; essentially coordinated mobbing of "women's spaces", by AFAB/FtM trans/intersex groups.
I am however, also aware that it requires marginalised groups of a marginalised group to paint a big target on themselves, and thus understand why it's not been massively used to protest this dumb bigotry.
The judges can only consider the law as written, which uses a sex at birth definition. They can’t make new stuff up out of nowhere. That’s Parliament’s job.
Just to be clear, this was an interpretation of existing law from like 15 years ago, not new legislation or anything. Now that a ruling has been made then it should be clear what needs to be changed in order to bring things more up to date.
This legal case was largely funded by JK Rowling aswell AFAIK.
Please don’t buy her books or watch her shows/movies, because you’re literally financially contributing to this. (Piracy is fine)
look at these freaks cheering this on
That was my first thought as well. These sad people who are so proud of getting up in other people’s business and celebrate making peoples lives miserable.
man jk rowlings grave is going to be the most fertilised plot of soil in all of the uk
According to Baroness Falkner on R4 this morning, they can use their considerable lobbying power to advocate for "third spaces." She actually said that about trans people, not intersex, but I presume her response would have been the same.
But in the meantime, going anywhere (or doing any sport) is probably off the cards. But thank goodness we have "clarity", right?
Yes, "common sense". The interesting thing about science is how often it tells you "common sense" is horseshit. Try get through a physics degree on "common sense" and we can discuss exactly how stupid you are.
Yet another case of a British institution making decisions about trans people without letting them participate, but allowing 'gender-critical' transphobes to, and fucking them over.
The courts can only interpret the law. The wording of the law refers to 'sex' i.e. Biological sex, not gender, hence the ruling.
Only the media is talking about the 'definition of a woman'. This is not what the ruling is on.
That isn't to say that the equalities act shouldn't be changed to also include gender, I strongly believe it should and hope against hope that the Labour government will, but it is not in the supreme court's power to enact new law.
Lack of understanding of the legal system leads to a lot of misdirected anger, I'm on your side, but be angry at the right people.
The Supreme Court can only work with the laws as written. The legislation defines women by sex at birth, so they are right to make the ruling they have. Those opposed should direct their efforts to Parliament, who can re-write the law. This ruling is a positive step as it sets out clearly how the law currently stands.
How is a ruling that just removed protections trans people had yesterday a 'positive step'?
i mean the supreme court purposely went out of their way to only consult with bigots and refuse to allow trans people to speak fuck them.