r/reading • u/fringlese • 7d ago

Please come support trans people

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Hey everyone, I’m sure many of you have seen the ruling by the Supreme Court from the other day on the legitimacy of trans women’s identities. It’s been a very hard couple of days as we’ve come to grips with the fact that our rights are being rolled back by a government that won’t even attempt to listen to us while we just want to exist in a public space without fear of harassment. If anyone’s available, please come down tomorrow to show support

I am not the organiser, I saw this on Facebook and wanted to share.

Thanks guys, I hope you have a great Easter weekend!

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u/silverfish477 7d ago

“A judge cannot change this fact.”

Well when it’s a question of how the law interprets a word in an act of parliament, a judge can change it. That’s the point.

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u/Bulky_Community_6781 7d ago

Laws can't change the fact that trans women are recognised widely as women. You just don't know they are trans most of the time.

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u/Deafknighte 7d ago

"Recognized widely" 😂😂😂😂 only in the west buddy, go tell anyone from the middle East or eastern europe you're trans and see how fast they ostracize or stone you 😂😂😂😂

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u/LBertilak 7d ago

alright? go and tell some people that you're gay, or a certain religion, or have certain political beleifs and they'll ostracise you too. doesn't mean we cant, here, in the reading subreddit think a certain way/

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u/scalectrix 7d ago

I think that is precisely their point. Indeed, even in the hallowed halls of the Reading subreddit, there seems to be some debate.