Yesterday, after years of a sustained onslaught by heavily-funded anti-trans and anti-rights lobbying groups, the UK Supreme Court caved to their disformation and hate through an unust ruling that will negative impact many living within the UK 😞

If you are unaware of what happened, are unclear on the details, or perhaps have yet to read anything from a non-anti-trans source, the below explainers may help:

• QueerAF - UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
• TransActual
• Reaction post by Ellen Jones with the warning - "Queer people: it's your rights next"

Although the ruling was specifically against trans+ women, it will have far-reaching implications not just for all trans+ and non-binary folks, but for all intersex individuals and gender-non-conforming cis people, such as masculine-presenting or -sounding cis women.

The floodgates are now wide open to further discrimination against anyone who isn't a cishet person who conforms to arbitrary gendered expectations, as well as the further erosion of human rights within the UK

If you are a trans+ person living in the UK, please, please be kind to yourself. Step away from doomscrolling and prioritise self-care if you can, please 🥺

If you are in contact with anyone in the UK who will be impacted in any way (directly or indirectly) by yesterday's ruling, please, please reach out to them to offer genuine support, kindness, and love

If you wish to use YouTube, please use an extension like YTBlock to block any anti-trans channels or content. There's a similar extension called uBlacklist, which allows you to block websites in search engine results. Both extensions are compatible with multiple major browsers.

And for anyone who needs someone to tell them what to do right now, your current mission is to survive, even if it's solely out of spite and defiance against tyranny.

Your continued existence is resistance ✊

Boosts always welcome

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#equality #genderequality #womensrights #lgbtq #queer #trans | Ellen Jones | 31 comments

This morning, the UK Supreme Court unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.

^{Ellen Jones (www.linkedin.com)}