JK Rowling celebrated the judgment rendered on April 16 (25) by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom determining that transgender women are not legally women.
The five judges of the Supreme Court agreed in this historical decision that “the terms” woman “and” sex “” of 2010 Equality Act, which brings together several anti-discrimination laws of the United Kingdom, “refer to a biological woman and a biological sex”.
The decision “does not delete the protection” of “transgender people”, who are “protected against discrimination based on sex change”, confirmed the court. However, a transgender person with documents identifying him as a woman will not be considered as such.
JK Rowling, who has been openly opposed since 2020 to equal rights between people born of female sex and those identifying themselves as a woman, greeted this decision on X/Twitter.
“It took three extraordinary and stubborn Scottish women, supported by an army, so that this case was heard by the Supreme Court and, by winning, they protected the rights of women and girls throughout the United Kingdom,” she wrote. “@Forwomenscot, I’m so proud to know you. »»
The author of Harry Potter said in another message that she had “certainly” given money to the organization for Women Scotland, who “worked to protect and strengthen the rights of women and children”. She now plans to “wear a toast” to the women of the group, and shared a photo showing two champagne cups with the mention: “I think I’m going to take a cigar later”.
Widely criticized online for her positions, JK Rowling said in the past that she would “gladly” go to prison to continue to defend them.
