#uksc

[elfie-baggins]

This is going to stop trans rights, and the forward momentum of queer equality, by several decades.

(update: new article link)

[morganapengdragon]

Okay reading through the UKSC ruling for work and there's a few things to note:

This ruling is NOT an overarching change to the legal definition of 'woman'.

It refers specifically to the protected characteristics under the 2010 Equality Act

The purpose of the case was to decide if discrimination based on 'sex' is based on sex assigned at birth, or certified sex via GRC. The court ruled in favour of sex assigned at birth.

This means for anyone who does NOT have a GRC, legally speaking nothing has changed.

The ruling allows groups and organisations to ban trans women with a GRC from sex segregated spaces (including sports). This is the key change.

However, under the 2010 Equalities Act, you are protected from discrimination and harassment based on PERCIEVED protected characteristic or association with a protected characteristic.

This means that trans women CAN raise cases for sex based discrimination, with or without a GRC. For example, if you are denied a promotion because you are a woman, you CAN take this to court and you are not required to disclose your sex assigned at birth.

This decision is awful and reckless and speaks to absolutely disgusting levels of transmisogyny in this country.

But trans women I need you to know that you still have rights under this Act, particularly in the workplace.

[piperstrangeart]

Trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are non-binary all those things are true despite what the fucking law says.

Fuck the UK Supreme Court

Fuck JKR

Fuck terfs

We're here, we exist, we've always existed and we will always continue to exist no matter how much you try to exterminate us.

[mazzitak]

Omg! My new song, Peace of Mind earned Semi-finalist in The UK Song Writing Contest in the music video category. It’s still in the running to win!!!

[elfie-baggins]

[outwither]

not to sound like my most cynical uncle but if all you are is what the government knows about you what kind of life are you actually living

[born-of-ravens-and-kings]

In light of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom's quite frankly baffling ruling, I wanted to make my position on something absolutely clear: Trans women are real women. Trans men are real men. It is as simple as that.

[irnbraw]

Up & Ready for this Momentous Day… 

Sturgeon awaits the Supreme Court ruling.

[Loser]