Press and Media

Coverage

Below is some of the media coverage that followed the Supreme Court ruling. We contributed to much of this – though wish we could have done more:

The Guardian: LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

The Independent: Equalities watchdog under pressure to scrap new guidance on trans people using single sex spaces

Sky News: Thousands of trans rights activists gather in London after Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman

Huff Post: Supreme Court Ruling Is Anything But Clear – And Endangers All Women’s Rights, Trans Group Warns

Byline Times: ‘The Supreme Court Trans Verdict Is a Victory for Uncertainty, Division and Harassment’

ABC: UK rights commissioner outlines facilities off-limits to transgender women after court ruling

BBC: UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

NYT: U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender

The Independent: Labour minister unable to say which changing room trans women can use after Supreme Court ruling

Yahoo News: What Supreme Court’s gender ruling means for workplaces, hospitals and sports

Huffington Post: Trans People’s Rights Are Under Threat – This Is How You Can Help

Attitude: Supreme Court rules that the word ‘woman’ in UK law refers to ‘biological women’

MSN: Huge blow for trans rights as Supreme Court says: you are not women

Telegraph: JK Rowling hails victory for women after Supreme Court trans ruling

ITV News: Guidelines for public bodies ‘expected by summer’ after court rules on ‘woman’ definition

AOL: Huge blow for trans rights as Supreme Court says: you are not women

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Ruling bars transgender women access

LBC: ‘I’m so proud’: JK Rowling hails Supreme Court definition of ‘biological sex’ as charities slam ‘harmful’ ruling

Inkl: Tears and anger as Supreme Court rules trans women aren’t legally women under Equality Act

GB news: So emotional!’ GB News viewer shares joy as Supreme Court ‘tells us what we already knew’ in legal definition of woman

The Washington Post: Transgender women in Britain fear ruling could place toilets, sports and hospitals off limits

Truthout : Anti-Trans Ruling in UK Strips Protections From Trans Women

BBN times: UK Supreme Court Rules on Biological Definition of ‘Woman,’ Reshaping Sex-Based Rights

Sky News: Supreme Court latest: NHS to consider gender ruling – as Lord Coe reacts

NBC: U.K. Supreme Court rules law defines women as someone born biologically female

Intervention

In the week following the Supreme Court ruling, we fielded approx. 100 press inquiries, leading in turn to the following appearances or contributions by TransActual press person jane fae, supported massively by Chay Brown and Helen Belcher, with additional material and appearances provided by Oscar Davies, Keyne Walker, and Hafsa Qureshi.

In addition to the articles listed above, we spoke to:

• 5 News
• 95bFM (New Zealand radio station)
• ABC (News channel USA)
• BBC News
• BBC Radio 4: PM
• BBC Radio 4: World at One
• BBC Radio Stoke
• CBS (US TV Channel)
• Channel 5 News
• CNN (US News Agency)
• Global News Canada
• ITV News (multiple)
• LBC (multiple)
• Mediapart (French media group)
• NBC (US News channel)
• Novara
• Radio Hub (UK radio news feeder)
• Sky News (multiple)
• The World (US-based global radio news programme)
• Times Radio (multiple)
• Trans & the Mouth