EPAA trans woman who had a gender reallocation at the age of 72 says that the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rule on the definition of a woman will have “serious consequences” for the safety of trans people.
The activist Kerrie Meyer, from Shetland, said she would allow “intolerance, transphobia, assault and incalculable dangers that threaten life.”
On Wednesday, judges unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under the equal law.
It marked the culmination of a long -term legal battle that could have important implies how sexual rights in Scotland, England and Wales apply.
The Scottish government had argued that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to same sex protections than biological women.
But the judges put themselves on the side of the campaign group for women Scotland, which presented a case against arguing that sex -based protections should only be applied to women born.
Activist Kerrie, founder of the Shetland Islands Pride Festival, criticized the ruling and said she would delay progress for trans people like her.
She said: “In the pen of the pen, the safety and well -being of all transgender people, biological men and women are already considered, it is in danger.
“The ruling of the Supreme Court has created serious implications for all trans people and has not taken into account the serious consequences and unnecessable results that will occur.”
Kerrie, now 77, moved to Shetland from Hastings in East Sussex in 2008.
She said that the rights of trans people had been advanced by the Law of Gender Recognition of 2004 and the 2010 Equality Law.
She believes that the case of the Supreme Court was motivated by “resistance and maintenance” of the spaces of the women of trans women, regardless of which they had a gender recognition certificate.
The Supreme Court had been asked to decide on the proper interpretation of the 2010 Equality Law, which is applied in Britain.
Judge Lord Hodge said that the ruling should not be seen as a triumph on one side over the other, and emphasized that the law still gives protection against discrimination against transgender people.
Curry told BBC Radio Scotland that it would be “totally ridiculous” for her to change her behavior in public.
She said: “I was born a man. According to the law, I am a woman. I look like a woman. I act like a woman. And I am a woman.
“If I go to the bathroom and there is another woman there, they don’t know if I have a gender recognition certificate or not.”
Curry also believes that recognition certificates should only be granted if they have undergone gender reassignment surgery.
PA mediaThe activists who presented the case against the Scottish government embraced each Ohtide the Supreme Court after the ruling was filed on Wednesday.
Prime Minister John Swinney said the Scottish government accepted the sentence.
He said: “The ruling gives clarity between two relevant legislation approved in Westminster.
“Now we will get involved in the implications of the failure.”
The Scottish government said the ministers had acted “in good faith” during legal procedures.
He pointed out that the Commission on Equality and Human Rights was updating its guide in response to the sentence.
The United Kingdom government said the ruling provides “clarity and confidence for women and service providers, such as hospitals, shelters and sports clubs.”
“The single -sex spaces are protected by law and will always be protected by this government,” added a spokesman.
