UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court over supreme court ruling

Online medis reports as of Tuesday, April 29, 2025, reveal that Britain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.

The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex.

The equalities watchdog subsequently gave guidance to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as woman.

Victoria McCloud, a retired judge, is applying to the European Court of Human Rights to bring action against the UK for infringement of her article 6 Rights.

Article 6 of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) guarantees the right to a fair trial in both criminal and civil matters.

Last year, McCloud sought leave to join the litigation in the supreme court case brought by the gender critical campaigners ‘For Women Scotland’ against the Scottish government.

McCloud argued it could significantly affect legal protections for transgender women, but her request was rejected.

Now a litigation strategist at W-Legal, McCloud told the Guardian:

“The basis is that the supreme court refused to hear me, or my evidence, to provide them with information about the impact on those trans people affected by the judgment and failed to give any reasons”.

“Those are two basic premises of normal justice.

“There were protest groups speaking on behalf of women in this court case, but ordinary women were not actually represented as a whole.

“The disabled were not represented, and now we’re seeing the Conservatives saying that trans people have got to use the disabled loos, which impacts the lives of disabled people.

“The impacts of all of this have not been dealt with.”

The supreme court judgment, and subsequent guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has sent shock waves through the UK’s transgender community.

EHRC is the watchdog that enforces the Equality Act

They have aslo many business and services unclear about what facilities they are expected to offer.

The EHRC said on Friday guided on how trans people should be treated in workplaces and services open to the public, such as hospitals or cafes.

It said “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men’s facilities”.

Over the weekend, the Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said it was “a logical consequence” that transgender people would be banned from using the toilets of the gender they identify as.

McCloud said that, rather than resulting in clarity, the judgment and subsequent government and commission statement had “brought chaos”.

“There’s chaos because we’ve got the supreme court saying one thing, and we’ve got the government and the EHRC saying another.

“We’ve got planning rules that the last government set, whereby inclusive bathrooms are supposed to be discouraged.”

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