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

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IDareSay · 10/04/2025 11:13

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

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

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RubyTrees · 16/04/2025 10:11

I actually cried very very very happy tears. I still can't quite believe it.

Datun · 16/04/2025 10:12

desiringtoremainsane · 16/04/2025 10:07

Certificated sex would undermine protections on sexuality and single sex services and single sex characteristic associationa (sport, equality duty etc).

It's so fucking, well duh, isn't it!!!!

And it's a testament to the fucking determination of those fucking fuckers that we were all sat here thinking they were going to win.

In your fucking face TRAs

And yes, there's nothing like a bit of noisy, jubilant crowing in the morning.

Yay!!

Boiledbeetle · 16/04/2025 10:12

Waitwhat23 · 16/04/2025 10:10

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 work they have done over the past few years, the stress, the hours dedicated to it, the cost... Those women will be in the history books!.

And now I'm crying again!

CriticalCondition · 16/04/2025 10:12

I can't even spell Maya at the moment.

DeafLeppard · 16/04/2025 10:12

Radio 4 led with this on the hourly news. FWS you are MAGNIFICENT!

ArabellaScott · 16/04/2025 10:13

LizzieSiddal · 16/04/2025 10:11

Can anyone appeal against this?!

ECHR. But they won't.

Redshoeblueshoe · 16/04/2025 10:13

And this thread is in trending. Excellent news

IkeaBagLady · 16/04/2025 10:13

Wonderful

GrumpyMenopausalWombWielder · 16/04/2025 10:13

It’s been years this slog, years & years, and finally common sense is restored.

Well done to the FWS team & everyone who contributed in various big & small ways, often unseen & under the radar.

Thank feck for that!

DrSpartacularsMagnificentOctopus · 16/04/2025 10:13

Fabulous news 🎉🎉🎉

And provides a good foundation for repealing the GRA.

Cismyfatarse · 16/04/2025 10:13

Am crying and feeling so bloody proud to be a WOMAN!!!!!

Worldgonecrazy · 16/04/2025 10:13

Struggling to believe that sanity has returned to the building. Now just need the rest of the world to catch up!

fromorbit · 16/04/2025 10:13

FWS won - they are incredible.

Take a bow everyone!

FWS met via Mumsnet remember. Every post was part of this win, we all did a little.

This is a historic victory! Great news not just for the UK but for people across the planet. Genderism is going to be sidelined. It will take years, but if we are allowed to speak they have no arguments.

JamesWebbSpaceTelescope · 16/04/2025 10:13

The BBC reporter (on website) is sounding very emotional about this decision. Could be just nerves as this is a very high profile case or could be the reaction of the case.

ArabellaScott · 16/04/2025 10:13

ArabellaScott · 16/04/2025 10:13

ECHR. But they won't.

Sorry, to clarify, Scotgov could appeal to ECHR. But they wont.

334bu · 16/04/2025 10:14

Feeling quite emotional. Thank you so much FWS and everyone else.

ArabellaScott · 16/04/2025 10:14
a go go GIF by Classic Motown

Are you ready boots?

snickersbarchild · 16/04/2025 10:14

Surely BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour must now cover this?

DontStopMe · 16/04/2025 10:14

Excellent news, well done FWS.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 16/04/2025 10:14

Well done to all those magnificent women.

It was the only possible verdict. If it went the other way we would have to have a massive national inquiry into what had gone wrong with our court system and our laws.

Columbidae · 16/04/2025 10:14

I'm so proud of and grateful to all of the women involved.

I'm sure it won't be entirely straightforward, but the thought of being able to walk in to spaces that are meant to be female only and actually ARE makes me so incredibly happy.

PronounssheRa · 16/04/2025 10:15

BettyBooper · 16/04/2025 10:10

The BBC newsreader sounds completely disappointed!

I thought the same. Sky coverage seems more balanced so far

CompleteGinasaur · 16/04/2025 10:15

I'm just loving it on the broad sunny uplands of the right side of history. I'd like to buy FWS unending amounts of their favourite skullbashers in perpetuity.
Yeeessssss!

Boiledbeetle · 16/04/2025 10:15

https://x.com/WWWheesht/status/1912431201702339003?t=SJNZxqbSgVYl7DA4YPgPZw&s=19

Press Statement – For Women Scotland

Today, the Supreme Court has confirmed what women across the country already knew. Sex matters.

This is a landmark victory, not just for For Women Scotland, but for every woman who has been told to sit down, shut up, and make way.

The Court has recognised that women's rights must be based on biological sex, not on self-declared identity.

This ruling restores legal clarity and reaffirms the purpose of the protections written into the Equality Act.

This win protects all women, including trans-identifying females, by ensuring maternity rights, women-only spaces, and female-focused services are grounded in reality.

It puts a clear boundary around what it means to be female in law and pushes back against a men’s rights movement that has tried to colonise womanhood.

We thank the brave women who fought this case and the thousands who stood behind them. This is your victory. But the fight isn’t over. We will keep pushing until sex-based rights are not only protected—but respected.

#WomenWontWheesht

https://x.com/WWWheesht/status/1912431201702339003?s=19&t=SJNZxqbSgVYl7DA4YPgPZw

BlakeCarrington · 16/04/2025 10:15

YES YES YES, GET IN!!!

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