04/17/2025

A list of ways you can support trans people in the United Kingdom

The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled to limit the definition of a woman to “biological sex”, meaning that trans women are now excluded from protections given to CIS women in England, Scotland and Wales under the 2010 Equalities Act.

The challenge had been brought about by the “gender-critical” campaign group For Women Scotland over whether trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) should be able to take up positions reserved for women in public office, this is despite there being no trans women currently serving in public office in Scotland.

Trans women make up only 0.44% of Scotland’s population and just 0.5% of the UK population as a whole; under this ruling, trans women will now not be seen as “women” in regards to gender-splits in public service roles, though the impact of this ruling could have extensive implications for the lives of trans people across Britain.

According to The Independent, the ruling could impact trans people’s ability to access single-sex services, such as toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, women’s refuges, homeless hostels shelters and more.

The Supreme Court has insisted that despite this ruling, trans people will still be protected against discrimination, victimisation and harassment under the Equalities Act under the characteristic of gender reassignment.

The ruling is not only controversial due to it potentially stripping people with a GRC of their legal gender identity, but also the lack of representation at the Supreme Court for trans campaigners during the case.

The Good Law Project reports that multiple trans-focused rights campaigners had applied to give evidence.Still, none were accepted — only the Scottish Government and Amnesty International UK were present to represent the needs of trans people.

In a statement, Amnesty International UK said there were “potentially concerning consequences for trans people” following the ruling, but added that it was “important to stress that the court has been clear that trans people are protected under the Equality Act against discrimination and harassment.”

Amnesty Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh went on to highlight the “dangerous misinformation that remains around this case, as an eye-watering amount of time is spent by commentators berating trans people – who make up just 1% of the population.”

“Legal gender recognition, as it works now, is essential for trans people to enjoy the full spectrum of human rights each of us is entitled to, and live free from fear of discrimination,” they continue.

Scotland-based trans charity Scottish Trans asked people “not to panic” In a statement posted on Bluesky. “There will be lots of commentary coming out quickly that is likely to deliberately overstate the impact that this decision is going to have on all trans people’s lives,” they add. “We’ll say more as soon as we’re able to. Please look out for yourselves and each other today.”

Mixmag has compiled a list of resources on how you can support the trans community in the United Kingdom, including charities to donate to, protests to attend and information on allyship. We will continue to update this page with new resources.

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Buy music:

‘Acid For Trans Health’ is an independently organised compilation of acid house and techno music. All proceeds from sales of the compilation will be donated to FiveForFive. Buy here.
‘TRANS PRIDE DUB WAR’ is a compilation consisting of 32-tracks made during a month-long dub war between transgender and nonbinary musicians from across the world, all proceeds go to UK-based charity Mermaids. Buy here.

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