Judge McCloud seeks re-hearing of the Supreme Court FWS appeal

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/18/transgender-judge-supreme-court-case-biological-sex

'The UK’s first transgender judge has launched a case against the UK in the European court of human rights challenging the process that led to the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.
The retired judge Victoria McCloud, who is now a litigation strategist at W-Legal, is seeking a rehearing of the case, arguing that the supreme court undermined her article 6 rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear representation from her and did not hear evidence from any other trans individuals or groups.'

The Amnesty representative was, I believe, non-binary?

Perhaps:
OPM - Oppositely Presenting Male
OPF - Oppositely Presenting Female

Reinforces the binary distinction between the sexes and using the correct sex descriptor to describe the subject.

He's nolonger a judge because he quit before he was fired for some really unbelievably shocking tweets and behaviour for a sitting judge btw

I've found the word Pretend to be a very useful one in recent years.

What were the tweets?

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/england-trans-judge-resigns-over-fears-of-dragging-judiciary-into-politics

Not sure, but he talks about Rosa Parks, here. Unironically.

“Rosa Parks’ choice of seat was political because of the colour of her skin,” [he] said, adding: “More prosaically, for me I am now political every time I choose where to pee.”

😶

This x1000

From Maya Forstater's complaint about McCloud:

'On 8 March 2024 in a post about “fighting hostile #disinformation online” Dr McCloud said this:
'I've been 'banging on' recently here on Linkedin about how extremism online -
whether any of the common 'isms', like #racism, or more devious things like
#deepfakes, #gendercriticalextremism, #falsenarratives or plain old #conspiracy
theory is a threat to democracy, in this globally vital election year.' (emphasis added)'

'Also on or about 8 March 2024 Dr McCloud replied to someone posting about coping with stress and burnout:

Yes indeed. As someone in the process of arranging close personal protection just for my leaving drinks from my job as a judge, thanks to online Gender Critical Extremism calling for action towards me, and one person at large known to want to kill me, maintaining mental health needs work, support and constant nurture, like looking after a plant, feeding and watering it. hashtag#endgenderextremism'

What a load of lies.

They seem to forget that just because their own side likes to make death threats against people who disagree with them, that doesn't mean the other side is doing likewise.

Get ready for some comedy.

The ultimate side eye. Even the fox killer who loses cases like they are stray socks basically thinks this case is doomed.

Maugham on McCloud's 'case'.
"It's not our case, this one, and I make no comment on its strength."
https://x.com/thespiralquirk/status/1957561708232475115

I think McCloud and GLP had a falling out which is why McCloud is doing this himself when he was previously linked with them. Imagine creating a trans case so bad even Maugham thinks it is weak and not worth bothering with.

😂

About the "female anatomy" references -
I'm convinced that the whole "TWAW get over it" movement was so successful, because your average person assumed that trans meant that people had already had the surgery, the hormones, the lot. Someone once said to me that trans athletes "wouldn't go through all that" just to compete as a woman. They wouldn't believe that they mostly go through precisely nothing, although at elite levels they have to keep their testosterone artificially low.
(There was also the confusion over whether a trans woman was a man who identified as a woman, or a woman who identified as a man. There was, of course, a lot of support for the latter being able to claim the rights and protections of being a woman.)
It's only recently that the general public are beginning to understand just who is standing under the trans umbrella. And it looks like they aren't impressed.
And yes, it means that the people who really HAD gone through all that and were just quietly trying to live their lives, are now going to find it all much more uncomfortable. So I'm not surprised that they aren't impressed either.

Interesting. I wondered why VM was crowdfunding, as I assumed the case was being funded by the money raised by the GLP. I guess not!

Interesting hashtag, it's not our side that are the gender extremists

What an absolute load of lies. If you can name any sex realist who has made death threats to a trans person, I’d be amazed. It’s ALWAYS the other way around.

And gender extremism?? That’s Mcloud, not us. Crazy. Trying to invert reality

Doubledip fundraising? If I were someone who had contributed to the GLP on the basis they were working with an actual retired legal professional I would want a refund!

As I am tervern rather than trans I am endlessly amused at the thought of the trans ex judge arguing with the ex tax barrister

Where did you get that figure? It states that he has raised £10,521

That was the figure when I accessed the site yesterday morning. Presumably people have donated since then.

DARVO.

Gosh, that is a surprise. He doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, and he should know that, being an experienced, learned High Court judge.

And if his career was so successful, how come he doesn't have even £150,000 in the bank to pay his own costs?

I seem to remember that a while back when there was a review around to the GRA that no women's groups were consulted in on the impact it would have. I bet he was happy with the ' no consultation' approach then

I actually can believe that somebody who had a career as a judge has a stalker, and there are plenty of idiots on twitter who will attach themselves to any cause.

The difference is that if these people do exist, they are making their threats privately, not welcomed at organised events holding banners and making speeches.

They’re all very optimistic about it on Reddit.

Oh, dear. Well, whatever floats their boats.