Of course women will be safer

I don't believe women will be any safer. You say the changes only upset a minority. Those examples you give are an even smaller minority, it's looks like they're all in the US too. There are huge levels of sexual assault, most of it taking place in family homes. If someone is so depraved that they want to sexually assault someone they will find a way, stopping trans women from going into women's toilets won't save anyone.

What on earth are you talking about?

An increase in authoritarian legislation soon will be used against women.

Look around you. This is about increasing state control of bodies and individuals. Not about women's safety.

Is there going to be new funding or restored funding for women's and children's services now? For making public places safer and amenities more accessible? If not why not?

Next step will be legislation to protect men's spaces from feminists.

Also, Black women and women who aren't conventionally attractive have always been harassed and classed as non-women. E.g. larger, more simply dressed, working class and so on. They are now less safe.

Men have really done a number on us haven't they when we're arguing amongst ourselves about how women should access women's only spaces 😢

So what’s your solution?

We are (temporarily I hope) in an alternate universe are reality.

One where female prisoners sexually assaulted by male sex offenders are the ones who get punished for complaining about the sexual assaulted

One where the authorities think it is perfectly sane to place a male paedophile in a women’s prison (by its nature with lie security) with a mother and baby unit.

One where high street brands think it perfectly fine to let men in the women’s changing rooms (despite the extremely high risk of filming or voyeurism) and punish the member of staff that tries to remove him (that specific example was Monsoon as I recall - they sent him a free dress as an apology, but Mango, Primark, M&S, John Lewis etc are all culprits).

One where women get thrown out of rape support groups, pregnancy support groups, breastfeeding help services, PCOS groups etc for objecting to a man being included.

I could go on for hours (sorry 😁)

We need to keep pushing and shouting about this so the fence sitters can see what garbs they are allowing to pass unopposed.

Rightio

Why is this any different to before the ruling, when any man could walk in and say he is a woman, and none of us were allowed to object?

You don’t honestly and seriously think this is the case do you?

And you’re also saying that the trans community is untrustworthy and won’t be honest about what sex they are so that’s why checks will be needed. Which is pretty shitty thing to say about the trans community. Why don’t you think they’re a trustworthy community?

No, they can assert “I am a trans man” and walk into the women’s toilets, even when they are a cis man. And none of you will be able to object.

You’ve invited nefarious threatening cis men into your toilet.

Too tall and a your way of telling someone isn’t female? Do you think women can’t be tall?

Broad shoulders? Lots of women proudly weight lift and strength train so will have broad shoulders and a muscular physique.

You may be part of tiny minority of the population who claims they can’t tell by looking what sex a person is.

Interestingly there is a huge crossover between this population (let’s call you ‘sex-blind’) and trans activists. It is an odd affliction as even many animals can tell what sex a person is quite easily and they don’t even know about fashion.

Thankfully the vast majority of people do know, so this ruling is beneficial to women who now won’t be searched by the male police officers with a certificate they bought for a fiver to say they are really a lady.

Maybe your sex-blindness is treatable - I suggest seeing a doctor as your safety could be at risk if you can’t spot which humans are men.

I certainly never heard of this happening before blokes started to demand access to women's spaces and even since never actually seen or heard of this from a reliable source.

There have been plenty of posts by women on other threads that said that they have been challenged in changing rooms because people thought they were men. Just because you have a limited definition of femininity, doesnt mean that women don't have problems. You've even used too tall as a way of telling a man from a woman FFS!

Of course women will be safer, thank you @HardyKoala and trans men have gained rights. It says a lot for the status of both that TAs’ first reaction is to condemn, threaten, vandalise and piss on things.

Nonsense. This doesn't even make sense.

This was a United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling, reaffirming that the provisions in the Equality Act that allow for single sex spaces and services apply to biological women and do not extend to holders of GRCs that declare them to be women.

A UK birth certificate does not (and hasn't for many years) reliably stated the sex of the bearer at birth; every country of the UK reissues (not amends) the birth certificate upon receipt of the GRC, either automatically or on request, so if a GRC is not proof of sex, neither is a UK birth certificate.

I think people will largely still use whatever facility they have been using.

But now if a woman is made to feel uncomfortable by a penis in what should be a female changing room, she won't be sacked for saying so.

There is usually something about a trans woman that betrays the fact that "she" is actually a man. Too tall, broad shoulders, voice too low, masculine face shape, clothes or makeup too loud, masculine walk, just generally male aura. No need to doubt or check a bio woman.

From a service provider point of view, it will, without fear of litigation, make it easier for staff to protect women by challenging perverts, chancers and men who wish to control and limit women’s freedom to associate. Previously, under self ID, they would have falsely claimed to be trans.

yanbu of course it is safer for women.
anyone using the argument “but trans men can use female only spaces” is missing the point entirely

This attitude is a major part of the problem. Labelling anything that is pro women as anti trans.

Is there a link to that?

I feel great sympathy for the majority of trans women who probably want to get on with their lives in peace.

But self-id allowed any man to say they were trans and enter women's spaces. Including the dangerous ones. So of course yanbu to say the ruling makes women safer.