According to media, thousands of people in London have demonstrated against a judgment by the Supreme Court to definition a woman about the biological gender. According to the Pa news agency, various groups came together at the parliament Square. Among other things, signs with inscriptions such as: “Trans-rights are human rights”.
The court had judged last Wednesday that the biological, not the social gender, was counting in equality between men and women. The judgment is considered pioneering – for example when it comes to the question of whether trans women are counted in women’s quotas as women and whether they can use places such as women’s dressing.
Activist groups had then shown themselves concerned. “It will be incredibly worrying for the trans community and everyone who supports them,” said the managing director of the LGBTQ+organization Stonewall, Simon Blake. LGBTQ stands for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans- and queer people. Trans people do not identify with the gender that was attributed to them at birth.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling supported lawsuit
The women’s rights organization for Women Scotland (FWS) complained. It did not agree with the way the Scottish regional government interpreted the gender term.
Transgender community fears for their rights
Support came from the Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who has long made the topic of women’s rights versus rights of trans people and which has been sharply criticized for her controversial statements.
The British government of Prime Minister Keir Strander announced that it had always supported the protection of rooms separated according to organic gender. “This decision brings clarity and security for women and providers of services such as clinics, women’s shelters and sports clubs,” said a government spokesman.
The presiding judge Patrick Hodge emphasized that the judgment did not mean that trans people would not be fully protected against misogynistic discrimination.