News about Trans Rights

Leyla

Hiya folks,

As you may have heard, there have been some changes to the legal definition of what a “woman” is in terms of the Supreme Court (you can read about it here), which has sent ripples across LGBTQ+ communities everywhere, especially for trans people.

We know these sorts of changes can cause major uncertainty and stir up different emotions for different people, even if they are not directly linked to the situation.

We want to give anyone who feels impacted by this news a space to get out whatever feelings or thoughts could have arisen, as they are all completely valid and deserve to be given a dedicated space to be heard.

Let’s remember to be respectful to each other when putting any opinions across and to others' point of view! To read a bit more about what to do in case disagreements come up, you can read our post on it here

Amy22

@Leyla thank you so so much for bringing this up as this is such an important topic right now affecting thousands of trans women and trans folk in general. I was so shocked to hear that the highest court decided to change that definition yet again and not actually acknowledge trans women as women eventhough they are still women!. I just wish sometimes the courts/government were more understanding of trans healthcare and trans inclusive. If someone identifies as trans or as a trans woman then they should be accepted by what gender they present as. While I may not be a trans person though sometimes I do find that I am more of a agender person myself, I find this worrying as what will be next after this, will they start coming for gay rights too and try to destroy LGBTQ+ communities. I feel like the same thing has been happening in the US recently not what with the recent story of a women being fired from Walmart because of her gender, alongside women being pitted against women and it feels like you have to prove your gender to people these days when you should be just easily accepted you know. My heart goes out to people on here who identify as trans and im always here if you wanna chat about things .

AnonymousToe

This is awful, why is everything going backwards?! I’m so sorry to everyone affected by this. These views aren’t held by everyone.
Trans women are women.