U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women

cpwill said:

Europe was faster than us getting into this mess, and it never became as much of a culture-war-fervor item (where people feel the need to defend it absolutely because The Bad People Oppose It), so, they are a bit faster than us, it seems, in getting out of it.

Another important - and unanimous! - step in that journey:

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women

Britain’s top court ruled only those born female can be considered women, a landmark judgment that excludes transgender women from the legal definition and paves the way for tighter limits on female-only spaces and services. ...​

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“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,” said the court’s deputy president, Lord Hodge....​

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In the 88-page ruling, the judges said the concept of sex was binary, referring to either a woman or a man, and that they hoped the ruling would give clarity to the law while protecting both women and transgender people.​

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“The ordinary meaning of those plain and unambiguous words corresponds with the biological characteristics that make an individual a man or a woman,” the ruling read.​

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“These are assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation.”​

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Mr Person said:

The next ruling conservatives hope for: Top Court rules that trans people are not people.

After all, what is conservatism if you don't have groups of extremely vulnerable people to abuse?

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Aristaeus said:

It's little more nuanced than what your thread title says. Only those born female can be considered women for the purposes of the Equality Act.

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cpwill said:

Europe was faster than us getting into this mess, and it never became as much of a culture-war-fervor item (where people feel the need to defend it absolutely because The Bad People Oppose It), so, they are a bit faster than us, it seems, in getting out of it.

Another important - and unanimous! - step in that journey:

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women

Britain’s top court ruled only those born female can be considered women, a landmark judgment that excludes transgender women from the legal definition and paves the way for tighter limits on female-only spaces and services. ...​

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“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,” said the court’s deputy president, Lord Hodge....​

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In the 88-page ruling, the judges said the concept of sex was binary, referring to either a woman or a man, and that they hoped the ruling would give clarity to the law while protecting both women and transgender people.​

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“The ordinary meaning of those plain and unambiguous words corresponds with the biological characteristics that make an individual a man or a woman,” the ruling read.​

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“These are assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation.”​

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Mr Person said:

The next ruling conservatives hope for: Top Court rules that trans people are not people.

After all, what is conservatism if you don't have groups of extremely vulnerable people to abuse?

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Gardener said:

To the exact same degree as how leftists hope for measures requiring the mandatory mutilation of all children's genitals, true.

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Lisa said:

All medical care in the US is absoluety voluntary, so if a parents cabinet be forced to vaccinate a child then how exactly can a teen be forced to undergo reassignment surgery against their will? Who are making these medical decisions for a teen against their will? Since when are all children transgender because the statistics say the number is less than 2% of the population and not all of them would be out as a teen or choose to have bottom surgery.


Is this information that you claim to have coming from Hillary's basement pizza shop or is it come from George Soros' estate?

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Gardener said:

I was making a claim equally outrageous as the one he made, and did so to make a point.

You missed the point.

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Lisa said:

The statement that Mr Person made was not outrageous. Dehumanizing minority groups such as transgendered people is part of the GOPs culture war. Its SOP for fascism.

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Gardener said:

You are too far gone to realize it is you who are actually dehumanizing people when you accuse them of abuse for their willingness to stand up for the very victims of such.

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Fletch said:

So whats the nuance?

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Aristaeus said:

Headlines say it has ruled on “the definition of a woman”. Except it hasn’t. As the court says, in paragraph 2 of its judgment: “It is not the role of the court to adjudicate on the arguments in the public domain on the meaning of gender or sex, nor is it to define the meaning of the word ‘woman’ other than when it is used in the provisions of the Equality Act."

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Lisa said:

The statement that Mr Person made was not outrageous. Dehumanizing minority groups such as transgendered people is part of the GOPs culture war. Its SOP for fascism.

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Gardener said:

and the usual suspects will arrive to gang up against any who support this in 5.....4.....3....2...

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bomberfox said:

Yeah people oppose you.

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