UK U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Do Not Meet Legal Definition of Women Under Equality Act - The UK Supreme Court says YWNBAW! (although the trans identity is still a protected characteristic)

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The New York Times. Published: 16 April 2025

U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Do Not Meet Legal Definition of Women Under Equality Act​

Britain’s Supreme Court was asked to rule on whether trans women can be defined as female under a British law that aims to protect against discrimination.

The Supreme Court in Britain ruled on Wednesday that trans women do not fall within the legal definition of women under the country’s equality legislation.

The deputy president of the court, Lord Hodge, said in a summary of the decision: “The unanimous decision of this court is that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex.”

However, he added: “We counsel against reading this judgment as a triumph of one or more groups in our society at the expense of another, it is not.” He said the ruling “does not cause disadvantage to trans people” because they have protections under anti-discrimination and equality laws.

The landmark judgment follows a yearslong legal battle over whether trans women can be regarded as female under the 2010 law, which aims to prevent discrimination on the basis of gender, sexuality, race and other protected characteristics.

The decision was highly anticipated because it could have potentially far-reaching consequences for how the law is applied to single sex spaces, equal pay claims and maternity policies as well as to some of the rights available to transgender people in Britain.

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BBC live reporting; https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t



Also, sex is binary:

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Related:
JK Rowling, the Queen of TERF Island who helped fund this lawsuit, is celebrating.

And the troons are melting down even more than usual over her. See:
https://kiwifarms.st/threads/u-k-to...women-under-equality-act.217313/post-21120381
https://kiwifarms.st/threads/u-k-to...women-under-equality-act.217313/post-21129887
https://kiwifarms.st/threads/u-k-to...women-under-equality-act.217313/post-21135630

 

[Temperance]

Absolute fucking gangster,

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1912644919103004807

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Bluesky troons absolutely SEETHING.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

LMAO trannies are doing a collective coping, seething and dilating while JK and her friends are winning and celebrating. It's soooo satisfying seeing that damn cult implode!

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

UK Labour Party immediately comes out and hails the decision. I told you they're riding with Islam now.

it's TOTAL TRANNY DEATH in BritBongLand.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25094359.labour-tories-hail-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman/

 

[CiaphasCain]

UK Labour Party immediately comes out and hails the decision. I told you they're riding with Islam now.

it's TOTAL TRANNY DEATH in BritBongLand.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25094359.labour-tories-hail-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman/

The currently elected government isn't going to oppose the Supreme Court. I would honestly bet that if they weren't currently elected they would oppose the Supreme Court ruling to try and bag some alphabet people votes.

Politics 101

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

The currently elected government isn't going to oppose the Supreme Court. I would honestly bet that if they weren't currently elected they would oppose the Supreme Court ruling to try and bag some alphabet people votes.

Politics 101

UK Supreme Court doesn't work the way ours does, there's no real Judicial Review, they just clarify the existing law. You don't need to oppose them, just change the law as you wish.

If Labour wanted to they could redefine the law to say that "actually trans women are women and they can have access to all female spaces" and the courts couldn't contradict them. They're not going to go against this decision either in or out of power. It would lose them much more support than they would gain.

 

[Marvin]

What’s the point of the gender recognition certificate if it means blokes in frocks cannot get into the ladies loos?

I need some sort of Brit lawfag to explain (in simple terms - I’m stupid) whether there’s not now a direct contradiction in this ruling and the one that allows the gender recognition certificates. I know gender isn’t sex etc etc, but what does a gender bullshit cert actually do, if it doesn’t get you into women’s spaces? Does it just compel others to call you by your magical princess name?

Does the Brit govt issue a new (fake) birth certificate with ‘Brianna’ instead of ‘Brian’ on it after a gender recognition certificate?

So many questions. God, trannies are annoying.

It was originally passed to enable gay and "straight tranny" marriage.

Then they passed actual gay marriage. So it literally serves no serious purpose nowadays other than to change birth certificates for tranny egos. But that birth certificate change doesn't actually give you any different privileges or access to anything you didn't have before.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

UK Labour Party immediately comes out and hails the decision. I told you they're riding with Islam now.

it's TOTAL TRANNY DEATH in BritBongLand.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25094359.labour-tories-hail-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman/

Maybe the trannies should’ve thought about the fact that they’re mostly straight white men with extra steps? The Yook hates the native British, did they think they’d be exempt because they cut off their dicks and boobs?

 

[Thiletonomics]

Here's the seething from PinkNews about this court ruling: / Archive

 

[WonderWino]

Right…. So legally, you will never be a woman, but if someone says that out loud, it’s off to the slammer for hate speech speaking against a first class citizen. Talk about a Pyrrhic victory.

Yeah i'm not even sure i'd classify this as a pyrrhic victory. Its a nothingburger when it comes down to it at best. If anything it works in the troons favor and may even be a big win for them. This is the UK we're talking about. The court explicitly said this didn't stop them from being a protected class, so what will happen? The troons will play victim, double down in being a victimized minority and do what they always do, and when anyone points to this ruling and says they're men in dresses? The troons will call the cops and have them arrested for hate speech for saying hurtful and offensive things on twitter. No doubt pointing fingers at this very ruling claiming its encouraging such hate speech

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

Yeah i'm not even sure i'd classify this as a pyrrhic victory. Its a nothingburger when it comes down to it at best. If anything it works in the troons favor and may even be a big win for them. This is the UK we're talking about. The court explicitly said this didn't stop them from being a protected class, so what will happen? The troons will play victim, double down in being a victimized minority and do what they always do, and when anyone points to this ruling and says they're men in dresses? The troons will call the cops and have them arrested for hate speech for saying hurtful and offensive things on twitter. No doubt pointing fingers at this very ruling claiming its encouraging such hate speech

No the ruling specifically says that only actual women are considered women when it comes to the use of single sex spaces, and it specifically categorizes trannys as men using the language "men who identify as women". They still have protections from getting say fired at work because they're trans, but it all just comes down to boilerplate anti-discrimination law. But they are to be considered men when it comes to sex rights.

This is a kill shot to gender ideology and will have huge ramifications especially since its backed by all three major parties.

 

[Disastrously Dumb]

Here's a good song i recommend to play in background as you sift through watching Trannies, Pro-Trans Karens, and Commies react to the news that common sense (somewhat) prevailed.

EDIT: Start at 1:00 mark if you'd like.

 

[WonderWino]

No the ruling specifically says that only actual women are considered women when it comes to the use of single sex spaces, and it specifically categorizes trannys as men using the language "men who identify as women". They still have protections from getting say fired at work because they're trans, but it all just comes down to boilerplate anti-discrimination law. But they are to be considered men when it comes to sex rights.

This is a kill shot to gender ideology and will have huge ramifications especially since its backed by all three major parties.

Sure it is. Now go to the UK, tell a troon in a womans space that he's not a woman and to gtfo and see how fast the cops arrest you for hate speech. This is at best a catch 22 situation. The government will tell a business or whatever that men are not women for the purposes of public spaces officially, but if you actually tell them that to their faces and try to kick them out they have all the hate speech, offensive speech and hate crime legislation to throw at you and will absolutely have you arrested for doing it

In short, they may not be able to jail you for kicking the man out a womans space but the law says they absolutely can (and you can bet they will) jail you for saying they're not a woman while you're doing it. I remind you the supreme court explicitly affirmed that troons are a member of a protected class in this very ruling and they did it precisely to prevent it from actually being enforced in a practical way

If you seriously think they can't or won't do this I invite you to remember the UK arrests people for offending protected classes on twitter, for even the most minor statements

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

Sure it is. Now go to the UK, tell a troon in a womans space that he's not a woman and to gtfo and see how fast the cops arrest you for hate speech. This is at best a catch 22 situation. The government will tell a business or whatever that men are not women for the purposes of public spaces officially, but if you actually tell them that to their faces and try to kick them out they have all the hate speech, offensive speech and hate crime legislation to throw at you and will absolutely have you arrested for doing it

In short, they may not be able to jail you for kicking the man out a womans space but the law says they absolutely can (and you can bet they will) jail you for saying they're not a woman while you're doing it. I remind you the supreme court explicitly affirmed that troons are a member of a protected class in this very ruling and they did it precisely to prevent it from actually being enforced in a practical way

If you seriously think they can't or won't do this I invite you to remember the UK arrests people for offending protected classes on twitter, for even the most minor statements

There's already been a case where the courts have affirmed that calling a tranny a man is not a crime.

And in fact the highest court in the land has explicitly stated now that trannies are actually men for the purposes of the law.

Troons being a part of a "protected class" means they can't be fired or denied housing and such based on being a troon.

Stop sperging out and learn to love winning.

 

[Vygode]

TRVTH NVKE

 

[Jose Beaner Luna]

Nature truly is healing, Something finally happened.

 

[Retink Retunk]

I'm calling it now, if troons lose elevated status we'll all of a sudden see a massive drop off in people identifying as troons as there's no free power over others in it.

 

[Null]

 

[DickMain]

However, he added: “We counsel against reading this judgment as a triumph of one or more groups in our society at the expense of another, it is not.” He said the ruling “does not cause disadvantage to trans people” because they have protections under anti-discrimination and equality laws.

Sorry to barge in as an Amerifat, and this is of course better than nothing, but I can't stand this half-measure "oh we wouldn't want to make a fuss" take on it. Though hopefully it's just one small stepping stone for TTD. Though if it legally BTFO's trannies then that's all good all the same.

 

[Dreamy Girl]

This is so hopeful

 

[YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG]

Not my problem, let me know when they start legislature on the rights of Synths and Androids.