In recent years, we’ve witnessed a rapid and aggressive push by trans activist groups to redefine the basic truths of sex, womanhood, and biology. What was once settled science — that there are two sexes, and that women are adult human females — is now being rebranded as “hate speech” by a vocal but influential minority.
Women have fought for generations for rights grounded in biological sex: the right to vote, the right to female-only spaces, protection from male violence, access to sex-specific healthcare, and fairness in sport. These rights weren’t won based on how someone identifies — they were secured because of the biological reality of being female.
Yet under pressure from powerful trans lobby groups like Stonewall and Mermaids, institutions are adopting policies that risk undermining women’s privacy, safety, and dignity. We now see intact males — fully biological men — identifying as “lesbian women” and demanding access to women’s changing rooms, hospital wards, shelters, and prisons. This isn’t progress. It’s a dangerous regression that threatens hard-won protections for women.
It is not “phobic” to say that a man — regardless of how he dresses, speaks, or feels — is not a woman. Feelings cannot override facts. Womanhood is not a costume or a vibe. And when we build policy around identity instead of biology, it’s women who suffer the consequences.
Thank goodness for the courageous women who stood up to this, and for the Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of common sense, biological reality, the rights of women, and Mother Nature.
As an adult, you are free to call yourself what you like. Change your name from Brian to Britney, wear what you want, even undergo surgery. That’s your choice. But biology is not subject to opinion.
You can put lipstick on a pig — but it’s still a pig.
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