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Telegraph
08-08-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
‘Let the war begin' – Trans activists vow to fight government guidance
The new rules will also allow bodies to prevent transgender women from taking part in women's sports. The advice is in line with interim guidance published by the commission in April, just days after the Supreme Court ruled that the word sex in the Equality Act meant biological sex, not preferred gender identity. Sophie Molly, a trans rights activist, posted on X on Friday morning: 'Do not comply. I'm prepared to be arrested multiple times over this.' Another, using the name Invisible Entity, said: 'Let the war begin. Fingers crossed. You need to fight for all of us globally. It's a war.' The Good Law Project has challenged the EHRC's interim guidance in court, saying it is incompatible with the Equality Act and goes beyond what the Supreme Court said. The firm has been granted a two-day hearing in the High Court in November. 'Rights and dignities' Mr Maugham said: 'The guidance amounts to a bathroom ban for trans people, violating people's right to privacy in their everyday lives. 'The EHRC's guidance is subject to legal challenge – a hearing is scheduled for later this year – and a court will decide whether it is compatible with the Equality Act. 'Given the evident hostility of the guidance to the rights and dignities of trans people, we are confident the Commission will lose'. A spokesman for the LGBT+ charity Stonewall said the EHRC received 50,000 responses to its consultation from businesses, organisations and individuals, and suggested the Commission had not had time to read them all. 'The draft guidance takes the position of justifying exclusion rather than inclusion of trans people as its starting point, which does not reflect the values of our society,' he said. 'It risks creating a hierarchy of rights and a tiering of safety concerns, which are counter to the intentions behind the Equality Act 2010. 'The EHRC has received over 50,000 responses to its consultation from businesses, organisations and individuals raising wide-ranging and complicated issues, including compatibility of the draft guidance with other existing pieces of legislation which will need to be addressed.'
Edinburgh Live
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Edinburgh Live
Trans women gather in topless Scottish Parliament protest against supreme court ruling
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Transgender women held a topless protest outside of Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Saturday, May 17, in a show against the recent supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Around 200 protestors took part in the demonstration at Holyrood as they set out to "confront the Scottish government's failure to respond with strength and solidarity." The transgender woman stood outside parliament, topless, with red painted right arms as a show of solidarity with anti-fascist feminists in Europe, tape over their mouths to represent the censorship of trans voices in this ruling and a white rose to represent the death of transgender rights in the UK. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox Sophie Molly, who took part in the demonstration and helped organise the event alongside a group of transgender women across Scotland said she felt the Supreme Court Ruling and the EHRC Interim Guidance is "a real setback for bodily autonomy" and that this ruling wouldn't just hurt transgender women, but all women. (Image: Ross Macdougal) She added: "It went really well. Lots of support for trans and non-binary people. A good turn out of around 200 people. A joyous atmosphere of resilience and determination. "We were joined by pro-Palestine campaigners. A good show of solidarity." It comes after Pride Edinburgh suspended political parties from participating in this year's pride march in response to the ruling. This year, political parties won't be invited to give the traditional pre-march speeches, political parties will not be able to have stalls at the community fair and they will not be permitted to partake in the march. Sharing this decision on social media, organisers wrote: "It is clear those in power and the combined voices of political parties across the UK, by their silence and inaction, are not hearing the voices of our community, and it would be wrong for Pride Edinburgh 2025 to give political parties a platform at our event. "Therefore, the first time in our history, Pride Edinburgh is suspending the participation of all political parties from our 2025 event."
