In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, gay people experienced the same accusations that trans people suffer today. This shared history of struggle should not be forgotten.

ENDS.

Trans people, like gay people, have existed since time immemorial - often, people never realised they were there, but over the last ten years, trans people have 'become a problem' in a manufactured culture war.

This divergence not only compromises the uniform application of Supreme Court precedent across the UK but also creates a constitutional schism within the UK.

•  Constitutional Schism in Northern Ireland: Due to the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework, courts in Northern Ireland (NI) are compelled to ignore the FWS judgment where it conflicts with retained EU law regarding equality.

There human rights submission was dismissed in a single paragraph of the 268-paragraph judgment. This was a clear violation of ECHR Article 6 (right to fair trial), a fundamental principle of justice.

•   Exclusion of Transgender Voices: The Supreme Court restricted interventions (TransLucent Director Professor Stephen Whittle OBE and former Judge Victoria McCloud) in the FWS case, ignoring the transgender voice and allowing only Amnesty International to intervene.

suggests (concerningly) that the SC has been deploying new modes of reasoning to ensure that the law under scrutiny cannot be found in breach of human rights. Gearty explicitly highlighted the FWS v SGM judgment.

•   Quietly Editing the Human Rights Act out of existence: Expert Legal commentary, for example, by the late Conor Gearty (regarded as one of the world's most influential scholars on human rights)

Indeed, the Supreme Court Judges did not even attempt to address this matter, failing to evaluate Hansard and other relevant records on the formulation of the Gender Recognition Act, particularly the interpretation of "for all purposes".

•   Risks Breaching International Obligations: The judgment notably omits engagement with Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which requires legislation to be interpreted compatibly with the ECHR, placing the UK at significant risk of non-compliance.

•   Renders Legal Recognition Illusory: The ruling potentially nullifies the recognition conferred by the GRA 2004, forcing GRC holders into a "third sex" status for anti-discrimination purposes, particularly in employment, services, and public life.

It reinstates a legal status for trans people that was deemed "no longer sustainable" by the European Court of Human Rights in Christine Goodwin v UK (2002), violating the UK's positive obligations under Article 8 of the Convention.

This judgment:

•   Conflicts with the ECHR and the "Intermediate Zone" Doctrine:

Bad laws always fail; sometimes it takes years, but they fail. What happened in FWS v SGM was wrong, and the CoE representative was right to call out the potential human rights breaches.

But some object. Do those who complain not realise that many trans people want to support their brothers and sisters in life's struggles? Apparently not.

Yesterday, a representative of the Council of Europe (CoE) warned the UK government that they were likely in breach of human rights (ECHR). The crux of the issue is that trans men want to live in manhood and trans women want to live in womanhood.

14 October 2025, PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE.
Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK.

Currently, on X, the gender-critical are complaining bitterly about windows and paint. Apparently, the damage thereof has interfered in their hate fest of trans people.

Nothing was said earlier in the week about this, though. ⬇️

So i wrote a little thing for @divamag.bsky.social to get everyone ready for the reopening of Parliament next week, and up to speed on the status of the imminent ‘trans bathroom ban’ (that also hurts cis women), and what you can do about it.

🚦Get your trans-ally engines ready…

If you can, please fill this out.

It’s for trans/gender-diverse people under 18 +/or parents/carers/family/friends.

Its part of the larger research project into CYP GI care that includes the PB trial.
(It’s the “priority setting” partnership mentioned here: www.england.nhs.uk/commissionin...)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry” 💯

“There was a time when Pride felt like a celebration of the shoulders people were able to stand on, but now it feels like an absolute political necessity”

Tuesday's rally was incredibly hopeful, with trans people and allies from across the labour movement coming together to say enough is enough.

Option 1: Sit on social media and moan.

Option 2: Advocate to the "decision makers."

That's why TransLucent is at the Labour Conference.