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

You're going to.need to narrow it down there have been many.

Yes - the "this ruling brings clarity" is either infuriating or sweet to hear, depending on perspective. Er, I though there always was clarity?! Grateful for this, though: "single-sex spaces are protected in law and will always be protected by this government" - in today's unique context, that meaningless old soundbite is forced into having a particular significance & strength.

I thought she did a fairly good job of pressing HH to answer although was baffled by the "I don't think it will make any difference" and "I am a woman". The reporter seemed to take this that it was of minimal effect on trans people, but I took it to mean that trans women would simply continue to access single sex spaces until they are physically stopped. Until employer and organisation policies are changed, I imagine that is exactly what will happen...

https://x.com/UNSRVAW/status/1912444568932409613?t=h8d6P9UHVWuYP2RtI_Ne_A&s=19

Statement from Reem Alsalem

I welcome this decision by the @UKSupremeCourt holding that the term "man" "woman" and"sex" in the Equality Act of 2010 refers to biological sex. It represents the triumph of reason and facts based deliberations and the return of common sense.

Congratulations to @ForWomenScot and all their allies that have supported them in their quest to uphold the rights of women to equality and non-discrimination

The ruling is a recognition that the erasure of the ordinary meaning of sex in law and in policies has rendered it impossible to upholding the protection #women, including lesbians on the basis of the characteristic of sex.

Beyond the UK, I hope other jurisdictions are paying attention to this groundbreaking ruling.

This!

I wish I could say that I wasn’t the type of person who gloats but I’ve got the biggest smile on my face at the moment thinking about the response of certain TAs!

That was it! Thank you!

And I remember that she also goes by Maggie Personperson. Only on here of course😆

Amen to that! I'm delighted to see this news this morning. I can't RTFT now, but well done you wims! This is brilliant.

Congratulations and many, many thanks to FWS. And hugs to everyone on FWR who’s stuck with this for years now.

Although, I fear we’re not out of the woods yet.

Has Scottish government spoken yet

as they were told they were wrong

To be fair that is exactly what they have said - while doing absolutely nothing about it. I'm rather concerned that we will need to press for change with every organisation and every changing room to make a difference

IANAL but common sense would seem to indicate that. I haven' yet had time to look at the text of the judgment.

Do write anyway - they need to be aware how we would like them to act on our behalf

Can’t wait to listen to Shelagh Fogarty LBC (her show is 1 - 4 pm)❤️

I believe some fresh batshit, from just this morning, is available on the BBC news website.

My thoughts exactly!

Three leading KCs, my fucking arse.

edited to add I'm pretty certain this is a prime example of an appeal to authority? He must've told everyone they had no chance, and now he's saying it wasn't me that said it was somebody much more important

Ah, but we now have the full weight of the SC behind us when we press. First brick down - the whole wall will soon fall. We just need to keep chipping!

I've just come off watching all the coverage, managed to get the main headline of the judgement and then my mum called round, so I've been running behind on catching up! Yaaayyyyy!!! 🎉🎉🎉

I think what HH was saying was that it wouldn't make any difference because TW were going to carry on using women's single sex spaces anyway regardless of what a court says. Basically "try and stop us". Then waffled some complete testerical twaddle, and aggressively challenged the newswoman personally.

But yes, THAT HH, dilator in the bogs. You'd think the beeb could find someone a bit less batshit to talk to. But then operation Let Them Speak is working wonderfully. Think of the viewers coming across that interview!

My favourite thing about this board is that intelligent folk here are already considering next steps and implications. It’s very comforting, like “the adults have got this”.

Thank you to FWS. This is amazing news 🎉🎉

Has JKR commented yet?

Yes lots of people are pointing this out to her, and she's supposed to be the legal galaxy brain.

D'you think he mistyped? Meant to put KFC? I can imagine this would be his chitchat while he's waiting for his bucket.

Yes!

Everyone crying, relieved, hugging, happy, supportive.

It's not just about the win.

It's about all the fucking women, the love and affection they engender, the solidarity, the determined unification, from every quarter.

Genuinely heady stuff

🤣🤣

Deffo. The big bucket of chicken