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ce committee condemned the judgement stating that the supreme court had engaged in bigotry prejudice and hatred her comments were condemned by akua reindorf kc a commissioner at the equality and human rights commission 55 the faculty of advocates which described them as failing to respect the rule of law and a number of senior lawyers including king s counsel 56 joanna cherry called for chapman to resign 55 whilst a motion brought by conservative msp tess white to have chapman removed from her committee position over the issue was unsuccessful 57 the welsh government released a statement accepting the decision of the supreme court noting that the judgement did not remove protection from trans people and reaffirming an ongoing commitment to equality and inclusion 58 following the ruling a spokesperson for the republic of ireland s equality minister norma foley stated that the ruling would not impact trans people in ireland 59 celebrities edit j k rowling who had donated 70 000 to for women scotland in support of the case made a series of posts on twitter celebrating 16 april as terf ve day 60 many other celebrities however publicly displayed the slogan protect the dolls in the immediate aftermath of the decision the slogan being worn on clothing by a wide array of actors models musicians and artists in support of the rights of trans women 61 62 63 64 on 23 april 2025 an open letter was addressed to the uk arts and culture sector calling for it to meet this moment with bravery and solidarity amid the ruling and the growing number of hate crimes targeting the trans community the letter was signed by over 1 300 writers across the british literature and screenwriting industries including michaela coel russell t davies and alice oseman 65 international edit ilga europe which ranks countries based on their lgbtq rights protections dropped the united kingdom to 22nd in europe the lowest position for the uk since the rankings started in 2009 between 2011 and 2015 it had been ranked at the top of the list all points related to legal gender recognition were removed in response to the ruling and ehrc guidance ilga stated it is in fact impossible for a trans person to be fully legally recognised in their gender identity within the legal framework created by the judgment and interim update 66 australia s sex discrimination commissioner anna cody condemned the ruling 67 subsequent ehrc guidance edit main article code of practice for services public functions and associations following the decision kishwer falkner chair of the equality and human rights commission ehrc stated that its upcoming code of practice will recognise the ruling by excluding trans women from single sex spaces including women s sports and changing spaces and that the nhs would have to change its policy of treating transgender patients in accordance with their declared gender 68 69 70 71 revised guidance was laid before parliament on 21 may 2026 with 40 days for legislators to raise concerns before becoming statute 72 the guidance covered facilities and services open to the public but not staff facilities with guidance relating to that to be published at a later date 73 this guidance indicated single sex spaces should be used on the basis of biological sex and that a third or gender neutral space could be offered to transgender people in the equality impact assessment the office of equality and opportunity says that there are concerns of double exclusion where it is possible that trans people are barred from both the space aligned with their gender and the space aligned with their birth sex effectively leaving them with no service at all their assessment is the likely impact on trans people is negative there are also concerns of policing of gender which could lead to increased harassment for trans people and cisgender people who do not conform to traditional gender stereotypes 74 litigation edit on 16 may the good law project sent a letter before action to the ehrc stating their guidance authorises and approves unlawful discrimination and they would be challenging that guidance on the basis that it is irrational and or wrong in law they further stated that if the ehrc interpretation was correct it would place the uk in breach of the human rights act 1998 75 76 the case was heard at the high court in november 2025 with advocacy group sex matters allowed to present an intervention in february 2026 the court dismissed the challenge and rejected all grounds argued 77 impact edit on 29 june 2025 keir starmer stated that he welcomed the ruling and everything else flows from that adding that all guidance of whatever kind needs to be consistent with the ruling and we need to get to that position as soon as possible 78 british transport police confirmed that the strip search policy would be so that trans women in custody who were required to be strip searched would have this done by male officers 79 80 both the house of commons and scottish parliamentary corporate body announced that unisex toilet facilities in westminster and holyrood would only be allowed to persons of the corresponding biological sex with trans people also being able to use gender neutral and accessible toilets 81 82 in december 2025 the labour party barred trans women from taking part in the formal proceedings of their women s conference in 2026 83 84 following the ruling and subsequent ehrc guidance a number of sports clubs and bodies announced bans on transgender women playing in women s sports including the scottish football association which banned transgender women from participating in women s football from the next season 85 86 the football association in england 87 england netball 88 and the england and wales cricket board 89 the women s institute and girlguiding also announced that it could no longer allow trans women and girls to be members as a result of legal advice they received 90 criticism edit the ehrc interim guidance was described by transgender campaigners as a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces with campaign groups warning about forced outing and harmful effects on trans lives and stating it could be in violation of the european convention on human rights 91 the green party co leaders issued a statement that the guidance was ill considered and impractical and could put trans people at risk of discrimination in the workplace and is overly prescriptive in a way that seems to fly in the face of the tolerance that we value in this country they stated it doesn t seem right that a lesbian organisation or space that wants to include trans women should be prevented from doing so 91 92 93 ahead of the international day against homophobia biphobia and transphobia on 17 may 23 pride organisations in scotland issued a joint statement that they were deeply alarmed by the escalation in the demonisation of lgbtqia people particularly trans individuals both at home and abroad stating that the ruling and ehrc interim guidance are a serious threat to the rights of trans people they further criticised the influence of the anti lgbtqia lobby in both the uk and scottish governments 94 in june an estimated 900 trans people and their supporters including kate nash demonstrated at parliament in june seeking to meet with mps to advocate against anti trans positions according to diva the protest surpassed the number of demonstrators who protested against section 28 in the 1980s 95 96 97 in late june leading uk trans groups issued a joint letter to the council of europe s committee on legal affairs and human rights to express their grave concerns over current uk trans rights policies specifically criticising the ehrc and arguing they violated the european convention on human rights 38 98 in july transluscent requested that the global alliance of national human rights institutions investigate the ehrc arguing its conduct following the ruling had been unlawful and in violation of the paris principles 99 on 30 june 2025 the lemkin institute for genocide prevention issued a red flag alert for the genocide of transgender and intersex people in the united kingdom noting similarities of the uk s policy to the 9th pattern of genocide the institute believe that the practical repercussions for trans and intersex individuals are clear and serious and that if the guidance does become law it would make transition impossible in the uk life as a transitioned person would become unbearable 100 101 subsequent judicial developments edit victoria mccloud announced an intention to take the case to the european court of human rights on the grounds that it failed to hear the human rights arguments from individuals and stating that the judgement has left me two sexes at once which is a nonsense 38 a county court applied the for women scotland fws decision to a discrimination case by a trans woman against the english blackball pool federation in ruling against the claimant 102 103 104 costs edit on 27 may 2025 the supreme court confirmed that the scottish government would be required to pay for women scotland s costs and expenses 105 in february 2026 for women scotland received 392 500 as full and final settlement 106 for women scotland 3 edit in 2026 for women scotland won a separate victory over the scottish ministers in the court of session a case referred to as for women scotland 3 the court of session case in for women scotland being fws 1 and the supreme court judgment being fws 2 this found that scottish prison policy which allowed transgender prisoners to be in the prison of their preferred gender was unlawful and that sex segregation in prisons must only be on the basis of biological sex building on the judgment in fws 2 107 108 legal significance and commentary edit the leading decision effects potentially far reaching changes to english law including in employment law 109 family law 110 statutory interpretation 111 and human rights law 112 although the judgment stated that it was solely concerned with the definitions under the equality act 2010 its interpretation of the carve out section 9 3 of the gender recognition act 2004 was a general one and not confined to the ea 2010 110 the decision has been noted for using trans exclusionary language labelling trans women as men and trans men as women 113 114 labour peer and former deputy prime minister harriet harman said that the ruling of the supreme court gave effect to her intention when drafting the equality act 115 at the same time melanie field a former civil servant who was the lead official of the ea 2010 said that it was the clear premise of the act that transgender women with grcs would be recognised as women warning against the unintended consequences of the decision 116 117 shreya atrey an associate professor in international human rights law at oxford has suggested that the supreme court justices failed to understand fully the context and purpose of the ea 2010 as theories of equality law are rooted in concepts of autonomy political exclusion denial of dignity and a history of disadvantage and not in biological or social grounds she finds that the supreme court has undone the meaning of grounds which had developed in the uk since the first equality legislation came into force so the for women scotland case has fundamentally reshaped equality law in the uk 118 good law project founder jolyon maugham criticised the lack of testimony from either trans individuals or advocacy groups in the proceedings noting in the case of the latter that they likely did not apply to be heard because of potential repercussions by the public media and state 119 the british medical association s resident doctors committee passed a motion at their annual conference which condemned the supreme court s interpretation of sex as reductive trans and intersex exclusionary and biologically nonsensical as well as scientifically illiterate and made without consulting relevant stakeholders 120 121 122 one of the intervenors in the case sex matters criticised the motion 122 123 the ruling also did not mention intersex people 124 see also edit 2020s portal law portal lgbtq portal politics portal united kingdom portal anti gender movement gender recognition reform scotland bill 2023 list of executive orders in the second presidency of donald trump executive order 14151 ending radical and wasteful government dei programs and preferencing executive order 14183 prioritizing military excellence and readiness executive order 14187 protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation parental rights movement sex discrimination act 1984 australia tickle v giggle 2024 united states v skrmetti 605 us 495 2025 references edit duffy sandra 2025 moral panics and legal projects echoes of section 28 in united kingdom transgender discourse and law reform gender and justice 1 1 78 99 doi 10 1332 30333660y2024d000000008 hdl 1983 f0e7ee80 71c4 416a aa83 b54e9875e64f anti trans groups such as 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