Email Your Representatives About the Supreme Court Decision

On April 16th, the Supreme Court issued a ruling which defines “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 as being “biological sex”. To read more about our thoughts on this ruling, see here.

Many trans people and our allies are deeply worried about the impacts this will have on our ability to access essential services, use bathrooms, go to work and go about many other aspects of daily life. Nobody yet knows exactly what the consequences of this ruling are, but we’re worried that one interpretation would require trans people being excluded from using all single sex services and spaces that align with how we live our lives. Sometimes, it may also allow us to be excluded from those services and spaces that align with our sex registered at birth as well. This would make trans people’s lives very much worse.

To make our elected representatives aware of the impact this ruling is already having on trans people and our community, we’ve set up a series of templates that you can use to email your MSPs and MP if you live in Scotland, or your MP if you live in England or Wales. The Equality Act 2010 applies across Britain. We’ve also created separate templates for trans people and allies.

You can find links to these templates below, which will help your find your representatives and write to them.

We’ve written the templates to help you figure out the kind of thing you might want to say, but the more personal you make the email the more likely it is to have an impact on your representatives, as they often receive lots of similar emails like this. However, if you are sharing personal experiences with your MP/MSPs, please think about what you do or don’t feel comfortable with them or their staff knowing. Our staff can also see the content of emails that are sent.

Please do not use this email to direct abuse or threats towards your MP/MSPs or any other individual or group. Abusive emails will not be sent.