Transgender activists have been proudly showing themselves in female toilets despite the Supreme Court ruling.
The landmark hearing on Wednesday ruled that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women are no longer considered women in the eyes of the law.
This week’s ruling means trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) could potentially be excluded from single-sex spaces if ‘proportionate’.
However, several trans activists have already defied the new rules, with one photographing themselves in a women-only space.
Joss Prior took a selfie in what looks like a women’s toilets yesterday, posting it on X alongside the caption: ‘Using women’s spaces as you do.’
Meanwhile, Ashley Johnson threatened to ‘p*** on the floor’ if she is stopped from using the ladies toilets.
‘Back to anxiety I had about using public toilets when I first transitioned. Thinking I’ll still use the ladies and if any establishment stops me, I’ll p*** on the floor in their public area,’ she wrote on Facebook.
The ruling has caused much controversy among various groups, with transgender activists left furious.
Thousands of outraged campaigners took to the streets of London yesterday to protest – waving flags and chanting throughout the afternoon.
Protestors targeted a number of statues in the capital. Notably, a statue of the suffragette Millicent Fawcett was defaced with a banner reading ‘F** rights’.
The Metropolitan Police said they were investigating the incidents as criminal damage after the statues were daubed with graffiti.
Activists demanded ‘trans liberation’ and ‘trans rights now’, with some waving flags and holding banners.
At least two statues in Parliament Square were vandalized during the rally, with ‘trans rights are human rights’ spray-painted on the pedestal bearing a memorial to South African military leader Jan Christian Smuts.
Among the groups supporting the London protest are Trans Kids Deserve Better, Pride in Labour, the Front for the Liberation of Intersex Non-binary and Transgender people (Flint) and TransActual.