Description
This roundtable focuses on the response, by researchers in Gender Studies and related fields, to the recent UK Supreme Court judgement on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010. This judgement, which states that ‘sex’ for the purposes of the Act refers to the ‘sex of a person at birth’, was opposed by many gender and sexuality scholars in the UK and elsewhere. At the time of writing, leaders of sixty-five UK-based research groups, networks and centres had signed a statement expressing their dismay at the judgement, sharing their fears about its potential impact on trans people and more broadly, and reaffirming their own commitments to trans inclusion (this is included an an Appendix).As organizers of the statement, we invited all the signatories to share with us, via email, their specific reasons for signing, their reflections on the implications of the judgement for Gender Studies, and their thoughts about what the role of Gender Studies should be in these times. This roundtable has been put together, in a conversational format, from all the responses we received. A draft was circulated to all participants for comments and edits. The conversation below, as well as the statement (appended to this article), represents a coming together of the UK Gender Studies community around the issue of transgender equality. It also gave us the chance to reflect collectively on how best to express our solidarity, and to avoid complacency, in these very challenging and painful times.
| Period | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Held at | Journal of Gender Studies, Undefined |
| Degree of Recognition | International |