FWS v Scottish Ministers will be handed down Weds 16th April at 9.45am

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The Ruling in FWS v Scottish Ministers will be handed down next Weds 16th April at 9.45am It will also be streamed via the UKSC website, so you can watch live.

https://x.com/ForWomenScot/status/1910272949350695371

My broadband is rubbish and so my feed is more buffering circle than actual content, so I've given up, but the brief bit I caught mentioned the 197something act. Is their reasoning that the Equality Act is basically combining a bunch of anti-discrimination acts, and as it meant biological sex in the sex discrimination act, it follows it meant biological sex in the Equality Act too?

Listening to the 9 points, they have really got all the issues. Lesbian clubs, single sex spaces, women’s sports….

Well done everyone involved.

They've covered absolutely everything. Bloody marvelous.

Clicked into the livestream just in time.
Just taking it all in and trying to hear this judge over the other talking...?! All very sensible findings from what I can hear

Edit - realised I had accidentally clicked one of the hearing videos from further down the page as well so was wondering why someone was talking over the Supreme Court at such an important moment!!!

I'm thinking the meme from the IT crowd leaving the board room?

I can hardly believe it..has sanity been restored??!! Well done and thank you so much to FWS. I wear my FWS badge with pride but especially today. Hurrah!!

Wow!!

It’s live on bbc

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1k0dldk/concern_about_the_supreme_court_case/

"Don't underestimate the influence of Mumsnet in all this. They've provied a platofrm that has continuously kept them going. They've had a LOT of inpact to end up where we find ourselves today."

Protections for women on the basis of sex do not undermine the protections of transgender women (then lists a bunch of protections that they have)

Gender may be meaningless but a law that allows people a certificate that gives them the right to change their sex marker in official documents is not meaningless. Not trying to be a party pooper because this is wonderful news, I’m just trying to get my head around it all and perhaps I should stop and let someone else do the hard work.
In the meantime 🍾🍾🍾🎉🥳🍾🍾🍾🍾

I am again reminded how fucking blessed that up here, we have such powerhouses fighting for women's rights. FWS, MBM, SFN, SWRN, the list just goes on and on. I can't even bear to think where the situation here would be without them.

The BBC newsreader sounds completely disappointed!

I read that online and thought no, they can't mean that, there's bound to be a bloody big 'but'. There isn't. Ecstatic here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart FWS.

Wonder what this will mean for Sandie's case? Surely NHS Fife are screwed.

Lovely footage of Naomi, Maya, Helen and Michael hugging when the panel leave

THIS IS THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT.
Just saying.

When they all stood and Helen Joyce went in to hug Michael Foran 😭

Mia and Naomi hugged as the judges left. I'm in tears now

How beautiful to see Maya, Helen, Naomi et al hug after!

WELL DONE FWS!!!!!! You utter heroes.

Can anyone appeal against this?!

It allows you to get your birth certificate and other documents changed. Yoo are deemed to be the other sex for specific legal purposes concerned only with your relationship to the state. Purposes specified in GRA. Can't remember what they all are, IANAL.

I mean, that is still bad and ridiculous but I think this judgement means that a GRC doesn't by default change your sex for purposes outside the GRA.

I'm crying tears. Yes 💖 finally . Still in shock but hurray

Surely NHS Fife are screwed

Lets fucking hope so!

Sky News are about 5 mins behind so am watching again 😂

Oh this is just wonderful and restores my faith in a world that's rapidly going crazy