Judges said the "concept of sex is binary"
Supreme Court ruling states definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
The Beaumont Society would like to say to all trans people affected by this morning’s Supreme Court ruling that we are here for you and that we share your concerns, frustrations and fears for what this means to us all.
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We are still working through what this will mean in our everyday lives but we express our disappointment in this decision in the strongest terms, which seems to go directly against the intentions of government when drafting the Gender Recognition and the Equalities Acts by concentrating on the specific wording instead of the expressed intent of the laws.
The GRA was introduced into law in 2004 to expressly meet the requirements of the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights and was stated at the time to provide a means for a trans person to legally change their sex for all intents and purposes. We were also disappointed that not a single trans person or organisation was allowed to present evidence in court whereas several anti-trans organisations were, which for a case all about trans people appears to be a travesty.
We would like to remind you all of these simple facts: trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are real and valid, and both they and intersex people have once again been ignored. We are here to support you wherever you are on the trans spectrum.
Andrea Brookes
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Regional Contact: South England
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Really don’t know how to process this atm. 20-odd years ago I spent a lot of time, energy and resources campaigning alongside “Press For Change” until we eventually got something like equality. Now it seems all that is lost and we have to start again. So depressed 🙁
I feel your pain, but not all is lost, we have so many more supporters now than we did back then, I think if nothing else the protests across the country showed that yesterday. This time we are not like a flower trying to burst through the soil to find the sun, but a strong and vigorous vine that will resist all attempts to bury it
Since the ruling I have had a lot of messages from friends and family all of whom are allies, they have all condemned that ruling and the crass reporting by some of the media and the behaviour of some politicians they have also pledged to stand with me/us and be counted. It is these people that we must gather around us to help us fight for our rights.
Alone we are but a small minority but if we can muster a ground swelling of support from our families, our friends OUR ALLIES we can win this fight. 💪🏳️⚧️