‘Proud’ J.K. Rowling celebrates after UK Supreme Court rules trans women are not legally women

J.K. Rowling celebrated aft nan Supreme Court of nan United Kingdom ruled Wednesday that transgender women are not legally women.

“It took 3 extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women pinch an service down them to get this lawsuit heard by nan Supreme Court and, successful winning, they’ve protected nan authorities of women and girls crossed nan UK,” nan “Harry Potter” author, 59, wrote via X.

“@ForWomenScot, I’m truthful proud to cognize you.”

Rowling added successful different station that she “definitely has” fixed money to nan For Women Scotland organization, which has been “working to protect and fortify women and children’s rights.”

She besides “toasted to” nan women of nan group and uploaded a photograph of 2 glasses of champagne earlier announcing, “Think I mightiness beryllium having a cigar later.”

Rowling later argued, “The Supreme Court upheld nan authorities of women and cheery group today.”

However, a trans female called nan “extreme” ruling an “injustice,” elaborating that nan tribunal “had a proceeding astir what rights, what freedoms, what early trans group have… without a azygous trans personification being involved, yet aggregate pinch dislike groups.”

She added, “They decided we don’t merit equality.”

Rowling retorted, “The tribunal clarified that UK women person sex-based rights. You and your chap activists’ meltdowns are laying bare what has been evident to a batch of america for years: erstwhile you opportunity ‘equality’ you mean ‘women person nary right, nether immoderate circumstances, to tie boundaries that exclude men.'”

According to nan author, nan “winners” of nan ruling include “women and girls, including trans-identified women (continue to use from maternity authorities etc), cheery people, state of speech, state of relation [and] those astatine consequence of favoritism for a belief successful nan worldly reality of sex.”

The court’s 5 judges agreed successful nan landmark determination that “the position ‘woman’ and ‘sex'” nether nan UK’s 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biologic female and biologic sex,” Justice Patrick Hodge said.

The ruling “does not region protection from trans people,” who are “protected from favoritism connected nan crushed of gender reassignment,” nan tribunal confirmed — but a transgender personification pinch archiving recognizing them arsenic female should not beryllium considered a female for equality purposes.

Rowling has a agelong history of anti-trans views and moreover erstwhile proclaimed that she would “happily” spell to situation for her beliefs.