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Reminder to my fellow cis folks today - especially cis women - email your MP.
Make noise.
Tell them that you are disgusted and less safe because of the supreme court ruling.
Tell them that you support trans people.
Let them know that the loud bigots are not the majority.
interesting that on this post on Facebook someone commented that they're married to a trans person but also want protection for women.
I replied with standard info to be told she wasn't going to discuss with someone who claims she's a loud bigot.
I mean... you started the engagement? If you comment surely you're expecting to be responded to?
Frankly also shocked by her, she used to be very supportive of Queer folks. Really surprised she's gone down the TERF rabbit hole.
I've written to my MP to say:
Inspiration for you to write to your MP (much of it taken from here: https://fetlife.com/yolaofswords/posts/12207640)
I am, once again, writing to you as the attack on trans women in the UK continues. This time it is the UK Supreme Court's ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16.
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It is my understanding that the Court has concluded that the term “woman" refers exclusively to biological females, excluding trans women with a Gender Recognition Certificate. This interpretation is not only anti-science and anti-feminist, it also undermines the rights and dignity of transgender people, and sets a dangerous precedent for how legal protections for all minority groups may be interpreted in future.
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The judgment effectively denies legal recognition of acquired gender in a context where such recognition is fundamental to the safety, inclusion, and equality of trans people. By reducing the legal meaning of “woman” to biology alone, the Court has reinforced a rigid and exclusionary framework that threatens to marginalise trans individuals across public life including employment, healthcare, and political participation.
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This decision risks emboldening discrimination under the guise of clarity. We are already seeing an immediate rise in discrimination which is well publicised in national media.
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More broadly, this decision signals a retreat from inclusive statutory interpretation and may pave the way for similar restrictions to be placed on other protected characteristics, such as religion, sexual orientation, and disability. If fundamental rights can be narrowed in this way, then the principles of dignity, autonomy, and fairness which underpin the equality law are at risk.
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I urge you to raise this matter in Parliament and call for legislation that strengthens protections for trans people, especially trans women, and guarantees them equality under the law - something they do not currently have.
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@alexisbushnell I shall do but what could my MP do? I’m likely to just get feedback on how the Supreme Court works which I already know.
With kindness, I have limited energy and want to make the best impact I can with my energy. Feedback appreciated. Keep up the good work.
@Leneux from what I understand, and I am not an expert, the advice is to write to MPs to use this to demand stronger legal protections for trans people specifically.
I'll be writing to mine this evening and will share what I send in case it helps others.
@alexisbushnell I will, doubt it will do any good given the calibre of my MP, but we'll see.
@sharongascoigne IMO it's always helpful to let them know, preferably en masse, that something is not a vote winner!
@alexisbushnell Perhaps also let them know that you are a full adult human being worthy of the same freedom to make choices about your own life and safety as a person born into male privilege and that you do not want men or bigots of any gender deciding what is safe for you or what rights you should give up in order to have that illusion of safety.
@alexisbushnell There should be no rights that are specific to sex or gender. Everyone should have the same rights, even if there are specific situations that can only happen to certain people or social inequities make a particular situation much more likely. Everyone should be protected from sexual and domestic violence. Everyone should have reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy. Instead of reserving board seats for women, you can say no more than 2/3 of a board can be the same gender, etc.