Trans rights groups lead ’emergency’ protest over landmark gender court ruling

Belfast Telegraph - 19/04
Thousands of trans rights protesters have gathered in central London days after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

Trans rights groups, trade unions and community organisations came together for what was billed as an “emergency demonstration” in Parliament Square.

Activists demanded “trans liberation” and “trans rights now”, with some waving flags and holding banners.

Trans rights groups, trade unions and community organisations came together (Andrew Matthews/PA)

In a long-awaited judgment delivered on Wednesday, the UK’s highest court confirmed the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.

This means transgend...
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