Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Protests Wave of Threats and Backlash Amid Gender Rights Debate

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Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Wave of Threats and Backlash Amid Gender Rights Debate

 

The landmark Supreme Court decision affirming that single-sex protections should apply only to those born female has ignited a firestorm of public reaction, including a torrent of death threats and vitriolic abuse directed at the campaigners who led the charge. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday by five Supreme Court judges, sided with the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS), whose members have long argued that the legal definition of “woman” should be based on biological sex rather than gender identity.

 

 

The ruling, which concludes a lengthy legal battle, could reshape how sex-based rights and transgender inclusion are navigated in policy and law across the UK. However, in the wake of their courtroom victory, the women behind FWS are facing fierce backlash.

 

 

According to the three campaigners leading FWS, the group’s email inbox has been flooded with disturbing and hateful messages since the decision was made public. One particularly chilling message received just hours after the judgment read, “You’re a group of disgusting murderers and deserve death. God will rip you from your family one day and nobody will mourn you.” Another message said, “Your inhumanity makes me vomit. You stupid women should feel deeply ashamed for being so stupid.”

 

 

Susan Smith, one of the FWS campaigners, reflected on the harassment, saying, “It would never occur to us to send messages like this or to call our opponents ugly. But we get this every day.” Her fellow campaigner, Marion Calder, added, “Sadly, it is almost inevitable that women who speak up for our rights will be threatened by angry men. It’s a tale as old as the hills. Ironically, this lot think they are on the side of ‘progress’, ‘kindness’ and ‘human rights’, but they have no issue using the most dehumanising, sexist abuse or threatening the most extreme violence. Thankfully, the nastiness is dwarfed by messages of love and support, many of which have brought us to tears.”

 

On Saturday, the public backlash culminated in mass protests across central London. Thousands gathered near the Supreme Court in Parliament Square to voice their opposition to the judgment, waving trans Pride flags and holding signs condemning the government and key political figures, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting. Statues such as those of Winston Churchill and suffragist Millicent Fawcett were adorned or defaced with slogans and Pride imagery. The Metropolitan Police confirmed they were investigating acts of vandalism in the area.

 

Demonstrators later broke into an impromptu march, disrupting traffic and chanting slogans such as “Wes Streeting, blood on your hands” and “F*** the judges, burn the courts.” Others could be heard chanting, “Trans liberation, no assimilation.”

 

In the aftermath of the ruling, government departments are rushing to assess the broader implications for public policy, particularly in areas like parental leave, single-sex services, and workplace inclusion. The case specifically addressed whether trans women could hold seats on boards legally reserved for women.

 

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, representing 160,000 HR professionals across the country, has advised employers to audit their internal policies to ensure compliance with the newly clarified legal definition of sex. Corporate leaders are also beginning to reassess how this ruling will affect existing diversity frameworks. Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4, remarked, “The impact is pretty unclear at this time for companies. We will all need to take legal advice and that will take time.”

 

As the legal dust settles, the societal conversation around gender, sex, and rights in the UK continues to intensify, with both sides of the debate grappling with the far-reaching consequences of the court’s decision.

 

Adpated by ASEAN Now from The Times  2025-04-22

 

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[Smokey and the Bandit]

The fact that this had to be decided by the Supreme Court is very sad.

Surely common sense would tell you what a woman, or a man is?

If you don't know, you got problems!

[JonnyF]

Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars. 😆

 

The fact that a supreme court ruling was required just shows how far Britain has fallen. Starmer must be confused by all this, I wonder if he finally knows what a woman is?

 

 

[maxcorrigan]

32 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars. 😆

 

The fact that a supreme court ruling was required just shows how far Britain has fallen. Starmer must be confused by all this, I wonder if he finally knows what a woman is?

 

 

Quite, he still looking for his cervix poor chap!

[FlorC]

40 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars. 😆

 

The fact that a supreme court ruling was required just shows how far Britain has fallen. Starmer must be confused by all this, I wonder if he finally knows what a woman is?

 

 

He knows. It is the adult version of the children targeted by grooming gangs that he protected.

[GinBoy2]

I'm sorry as an American bleeding heart liberal, the whole trans thing is a bridge too far.

 

If a man wants to be a woman, well there is surgery for that and bingo you are a woman.

 

But some guy with a dick and balls who 'decides' somehow he identifies as a woman is just insanity

[jippytum]

The transgender cheats have had the loudest voice and woke support for too long. 

Now they are bleating 'cos they lost the court ruling and now have to compete in their correct gender at sports and are required to use the ladies or gents loos not special defined facilities. Hooray. A win for common sense. . 

 

[LukKrueng]

28 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

 

If a man wants to be a woman, well there is surgery for that and bingo you are a woman

So if someone puts on a police uniform he suddenly becomes a policeman? 

 

[mikeymike100]

33 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I'm sorry as an American bleeding heart liberal, the whole trans thing is a bridge too far.

 

If a man wants to be a woman, well there is surgery for that and bingo you are a woman.

 

But some guy with a dick and balls who 'decides' somehow he identifies as a woman is just insanity

Whilst I agree with your sentiment, a man cannot become a woman, he could look like one, maybe??😂

[WDSmart]

I'm glad to see all these people using their freedom of speech to express themselves. I hope their rights will be protected.

[seajae]

shows just how pathetic these people are, they lose a court case so threaten death to people, their mental damage is showing big time. They are men with a mental condition so think that they deserve to be women and if people dont agree with them they want them dead, way past time governments stopped this BS and stopped pandering to them, they can live their lives as they see fit but not interfere with real females or get to be a part of anything designed for female only participation. As a Alice Cooper sang, only women bleed

[wombat]

it all seems simple to me

[wombat]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

Whilst I agree with your sentiment, a man cannot become a woman, he could look like one, maybe??😂

 

[lavender19]

Demonstrations by people angry about young girls being murdered by some lunatic Welsh choir boy. Were met with the riot squad being deployed and being arrested and branded far right. So we now have Pro hamas idiots calling for death to the infidel and now this bunch calling for JK Rowling to be killed. And where are riot squad now. Probably painting their cars with the Palestine or rainbow colours. 

[Rhys]

Fuzz busters..

[Scottie12]

And Katie Perry is in space for a few minutes and she's an astronaut.

[JonnyF]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

Demonstrators later broke into an impromptu march, disrupting traffic and chanting slogans such as “Wes Streeting, blood on your hands” and “F*** the judges, burn the courts.”

 

Presumably f***ing judges and burning courts is less serious than burning hotels, if Lucy Connolly's 30 month sentence is anything to go by?

 

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

“You’re a group of disgusting murderers and deserve death. God will rip you from your family one day and nobody will mourn you.” Another message said,

 

Charming. How many were arrested and charged I wonder?

 

 

[JonnyF]

15 minutes ago, Scottie12 said:

And Katie Perry is in space for a few minutes and she's an astronaut.

 

But she put the ass into astronaut, according to her.

 

In fairness, I once went on the Captain Jack Sparrow ride at the funfair, and now consider myself a pirate. Yarrrr.

[Watawattana]

I am assuming that the speed of British Justice will be revved up again for all of those who were rude to JK et al.