LGBT+ organisations sign statement against Supreme Court Ruling ‘biological sex’ ruling
Library of the UK Supreme Court building in London by Andrew Le Sueur on Wikimedia Commons. Quotation on display from Martin Luther King Jnr: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’
MORE THAN 80 LGBT+ affirming organisations have signed a statement in response to judges at the UK Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.
The ruling is the culmination of a long-running legal battle against the Scottish government which could have ‘widespread, harmful implications’ for the rights of trans, non-binary and intersex people across all four UK nations.
What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean? - Link to The Guardian explainer article.
Coordinated by Consortium, a charity that supports not-for-profit LGBT+ organisations and groups, the statement notes the need for time to consider this ‘complex ruling’ but also notes that:
the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the Equality Act protects trans people against discrimination, based on Gender Reassignment, and will continue to do so.
