Yesterday, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the ‘legal definition’ of a woman should be based on biological sex, and not gender identity, in a move that has been widely-criticised and said to have put trans rights back by 20 years.

Helen Belcher, chair of trans advocacy group TransActual said: “The Supreme Court has made a ruling which appears to contain a number of contradictions. Irrespective of the small print, the intent seems clear: to exclude trans people wholesale from participating in UK society.

“Today, we are feeling very excluded.”

Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive at human rights charity Amnesty International also said: “All public authorities in the UK need to unequivocally enforce protections for trans people against discrimination and harassment.”

While we don’t know the full extent of how this will impact trans people’s lives, it’s clear that trans people’s rights are under threat in the UK and we have a lot of work to do as allies.

How to help trans people in the UK

How to support on a community level

Speaking to HuffPost UK in 2023, Gabbi Tuft, former professional wrestler and one of WWE’s first transgender women, said: “Allies can help by simply being decent human beings. Using someone’s pronouns, as strange as it may feel to you, can make a massive difference in that person’s day and even their quality of life.”

It costs nothing and it’s basic decency, really.

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