They're so fucking stupid. Well, at least there are some folk who understand that reality and state law aren't synonymous, but the issue will be the freedom just given to those who want to harm us.
What is the definition of "biological female" in this instance? Chromosomes? Being born with a uterus? Because I have some bad news for them if they think human (or any) biology is that neat and tidy.
I suspect no penis is what they will be going with, but it isn't very clear to me either
Their ruling does the opposite of clearing up the matter. It just invites further questions. Which means further legal cases. That's on top of this ruling being plain cruel.
If lack of peen makes you a woman then there are plenty of conditions that can cause this. By accident or by birth.
It's an infuriating ruling on many levels.
"biological". Dog poop is biological. Cold viruses are biological. The tree in my front yard is biological.
I have emailed my MP asking where he expects me to pee when in public, given his party's support of my urinary leash. Darkly funny for someone with a PhD, published papers, a job - the sort of person that Labour seem to want for their precious GDP and economy - to be needing to email their MP to find out where I am expected to piss.
The ruling is abhorrent and the carve outs which basically forbid trans people from any space like toilets or hospital wards is sickening to the extent I am now looking for jobs in Ireland. The interpretation isn't even one of forced detransition, it is entirely eliminationist for transgender people while also excluding feminine men and masculine women from shared spaces that are interpreted as single sex. It is the bigoted fantasy of what the worst elements of the evangelical right wanted in the US.
If this doesn't sit well with you, there is a protest this Saturday in George Square 2pm to 5pm: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthetrans.com/post/3lmyfzhiag22c
I hope from now on all transgender women in GB will be allowed to pee on the floors of any gouvernment buildings instead. Or on JKR directly.
Where does one appeal a Supreme Court decision?
The Thunderdome
I am not a lawyer. But the supreme court isn't the highest court in Scotland for criminal cases for instance, so it isn't acually supreme. I think this is however civil and hence nowhere in the UK after doing some more reading. However the European Court of Human Rights does in theory allow a route to overrule the supreme court yet afaiu too
And I can't see the SNP doing it as things stand
I'm assuming that hatchet faced harpy, Rowling, was immediately on Twitter?
I couldn't care less tbh. Don't give her the attention she craves
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