London – Thousands of trans -rights protesters gathered in downtown London on Saturday, days after Declared the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom That a woman is someone biologically born a woman and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.
With Incumbe growing On what the ruling for the rights of transgender people means, protesters joined for what was announced as an “emergency manifestation” in the Plaza del Parliament. The activists demanded the “trans liberation” and the “trans rights now”, with some agitated flags and banners.
Trans groups are concerned that Wednesday’s historical decision is their rights, although the highest court in the United Kingdom said that transgender people remain protected from discrimination. The head of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights said that the The failure will mean transgender women It will be excluded from women’s bathrooms, hospital rooms and sports teams.
“It’s a scary moment to take their rights take away,” said the 19 -year -old transgender woman Sophie Gibbs. “I was disappointed to think that we could live in a society that seems so progressive now but is willing to make such a dangerous and harmful decision.”
The British government has said that the unanimous decision of the five judges brought “clarity and trust” for women and service providers.
Of about 66 million people in England, Scotland and Wales, around 116,000 identified as Trans in the last census count. Around 8,500 gender recognition certificates have been issued.
The ruling arose from a 2018 law approved by the Scottish Parliament that required at least 50% of women in boards of Scottish public bodies. Transgender women with gender recognition certificates should be included to comply with the fee.
The Supreme Court said that using a certificate to interpret someone’s sex would collide with the definitions of men and women and, therefore, the provisions against discrimination of the Equality Law of 2010 could “be interpreted as referring to biological sex.”
The Prime Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, said on Saturday that “understands” that trans people of “pain and anguish” feel on the verdict, while accepting that the failure must be followed.
Many people in Saturday’s protest worried that the ruling could be the precursor of other judgments that reduce rights for transgender people.
“It is a situation in Pandora’s box where I think we allow certain things and then, essentially, we open the door to allow much more than we thought we could be accepted or pushed,” said Zuleha Oshodi, 29.
