Sex Matters: The wider impact of the ‘What is a Woman’ case • FRANCE 24 English
Helen Joyce has campaigned for clarity about biological sex in law for years. She has been censured online and been called a bigot for saying there are only two sexes and woman means biological woman.
This week, the UK’s highest court clarified the legal definition is based on biological sex.
The Supreme Court judges made clear that under the Equality Act 2010 a trans gender woman, a biological man who identifies as a woman, cannot obtain the legal protections the Act affords to women.
Judge Lord Hodge said the ruling “should not be seen as a triumph of one side over the other” and said the law still gives protection against discrimination to transgender people.
Helen has been speaking to France 24’s Gavin Lee about her fight for clarify and the significance for the U.K, and potentially Europe-wide too.
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36 comments
Thank you, Helen Joyce, and all the campaigners.
What's funny about this video is that when the person meant to give voice to the trans side of the debate pops up, Heather Herbert, his very presentation reveals why Sex Matters won. NOBODY would ever mistake Herbert for a woman, not in a million years. Hilariously, neither would a blind person based on his voice alone. Herbert says something like, "Nobody can tell me who I am." which shows the delusion and mental illness of the vast majority of people who have fallen into transgenderism. Because this person clearly doesn't understand their complete lack of passability. So of course people tell him he's a man, well… because he looks like one! (and IS one). So Helen Joyce got in the best last line, a logical line: "I am very sympathetic with him for being unhappy for being a man, he CAN'T be a woman. We need to accommodate him as an unusual man; possibly a vulnerable man, but NOT AS A WOMAN."
Hopefully we can now return to a normal existence and at long last our rights have been acknowledged. A great result based on biological reality and common sense.
The third space idea is a terrible idea. We don't provide public spaces for anorexics in restaurants to starve themselves or for self harmers in gyms to go and harm themselves. Gender dysphoria is a mental delusion not an aspiration to be affirmed into society for children via the constant visualization of gender third spaces. We all want the gender ideology social contagion out of schools, healthcare, sports, etc so why would we spend billions on bathrooms putting it back into society providing it in our schools and public buildings? This is absolutely not the same as having an extra space for the disabled because disability access is to accommodate physical needs. A gender third space is purely affirmation to people to carry on in this nonsense. Apart from that there are countless interviews with men who claim to be women saying they will not use a third space and insisting they are women. Do not advocate for the third space!! Repeal the GRA. Deprogram the gender ideology cult, especially in schools! Prosecute those guilty of harming and recruiting children!
I adore her!!!
Wonderful! let this set a precedent all round the world.
Well done interviewer as well…excellent unbiased questions.
Great, the sanity has prevailed! Thank you Ms. Joyce!
Helen has realaly hit her stride! Great stuff 👍
Helen Joyce has always been like a ray of clear light in the fog of silliness on this subject.
This ruling is actually going to hurt many biological women not help them.
Interviewing a person who spreads conspiracy theories and lies to the point that an Australian court stated she is “not a credible witness “ is a real low for france24 journalistic credibility.
I guess it’s true what they say about transphobia being the last socially acceptable bigotry.
Unsubscribed.
Helen Joyce's book is 🔥🔥🔥
The lengths they go to deny reality.
Helen Joyce is just so articulate ..she’s fab ❤
Thank you for saying women’s rights are not a culture war 🙏
lots of locations already have 3 toilets male/female and a smaller shared disabled toilet
A spectacular example of trans men erasure. Needless to say it is going to be terribly awkward to see a fully transitioned trans man forced into a women's locker room. I'm curious – what letter is next.
Shameful and evil in so many ways.
Helen Joyce is a breath of fresh air and women absolutely agree with her, well done everyone who brought this to court and won, fantastic!
smart interview – thank you both
An excellent interview!
As always, Helen is clear, and direct and truthfull.
Congratulations ladies 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This decision is just one big "DUH!".
OMG France24 is actually doing a fair, impartial report on this, using scientific language & inviting a sane, pro woman guest?! The sky must be falling!! Bravo!! FINALLY!!!!!
Its "Spot the Incel in the comments" time, ladies!
MALE = XY Chromosomes
FEMALE = XX Chromosomes
THE END !!!
GO TRUMP!!!💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻🇺🇸
A fantastic result in the UK, now lets see the rest of the world who is gripped by this madness follow suit.
Thank you to the UK Supreme Court for following the truth in this matter as established through fully replicable scientific research.
As a gay man i welcome this decision very much. Common sense is finally prevailing. Trans people already have the right to exist as a Trans person, don't try and claim for yourselves the rights of others. It's ok to want to fight for your own rights, do it respectfully and certainly don't trample on the rights of others. Learn how to compromise and coexist in peace.
Interesting how the British court system has now acquired some strange new powers.
"It's not me being mean. It's Mother Nature being mean." Classic Helen Joyce. Classic….Thank you!
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This woman is a hate campaigner, with forbidden entry to 7 countries already.
This will be stricken down in 6 months to 2 years by the European Human rights court. Appeal to that court is already underway 🤷🏻♀️
Helen is an international hero! As are the women of For Women Scotland, The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance, Let Women Speak, and all the lassies across the UK who made this win possible! We’ll put our weapons down when people stop taking away women’s rights!!!
Respect and solidarity from the lesbians of Australia!!!! ❤
What about intersex individuals?
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