The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex.
  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    61·
    19 hours ago

    When I was younger, I used to think that “the UK is halfway between the US and Europe”.

    It has never felt more true than recently.

  • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    181·
    1 day ago

    After the Brexit vote came in I moved away to a lefty part Europe as fast as I could, because I’m a queer woman and I’ve read the history books.

    Every time I’ve returned to visit my parents the place has seemed to be more shitty … last year I came away feeling down just from the vibes.

    I’m so sorry for the beautiful Trans people of the UK, you deserve better, you deserve to be safe. If you can, get the fuck out of that country - where I am now Greggs would be considered a hate crime, never mind this bullshit.

    • jnod4@lemmy.caEnglish
      61·
      19 hours ago

      Where did you go if you feel safe sharing? I’m looking for a queer safe space to spend the last years of my life

      • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        7·
        18 hours ago

        Spain, specifically Catalonia. We live in a little village in the mountains, our house cost about what a down payment on a flat would have in the UK … and people really really don’t give a shit that we’re both butch as all get out.

        Since Brexit moving here is much more difficult though, I think you’d need to have an offer of work or a pension that’s enough to live off (companies are legally required to try to hire from inside the EU where possible). Also, learning the language is very important, since there’s not much tolerance for “ex-pats” with a superiority complex.

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      26·
      1 day ago

      mainly for purposes like: who gets into women’s prisons, women’s bathrooms, women’s domestic violence shelters

      I agree with you that in a gender-equal society there shouldn’t be many purposes for which this matters, but “not many” isn’t “none”.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        12·
        21 hours ago

        So next question, why are all those gendered? If the answer is the threat of violence, what does it say about us as a society that we can’t prevent it without segregating women?

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    1 day ago

    STFU Starmer! If you don’t understand it, just accept it, have some empathy, and show respect for your fellow human beings.

  • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    This is somewhat related:

    Trump helps enflame anti-LGBTQ feeling from Hungary to Romania

    Since Trump’s White House return, the Accept group he works for has received dozens of reports from people who say they are facing physical or verbal violence and online threats, with some sponsors now reluctant to support the march …

    Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban – a “good friend” of Trump – has gradually been rolling back LGBTQ rights in the name of “child protection” in Hungary for years …

    Vladimir Putin’s Russia – with which [Hungarian PM Viktor] Orban has warm ties – has also been cracking down hard on gay and transgender communities …

    [Romania] as one of the last countries in the EU where same sex marriages and civil partnerships are still outlawed, and where the powerful Orthodox Church wields its influence, defending “traditional, Christian values” against a “decadent West” has appeal for voters.

    In Slovakia […] the climate has worsened since the homophobic double murder [committed by the son of a prominent member of an extreme-right party in front of a Bratislava gay bar in 2022], with Prime Minister Robert Fico back in power intensifying his anti-LGBTQ attacks, freezing funds to NGOs and halting procedures for transgender people […] For Roman Samotny, who owns the now-shuttered Teplaren bar where the double murder took place, anti-LGBTQ propaganda has mainly taken inspiration from Russia, just like in Hungary, with Fico and Orban both close to Putin.