Trans Bodies Are Not Up for Debate: A Call to Defend Our Rightful Place as Women

By a proud Kimberly Dias, activist, and unapologetic believer in our existence

This week, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court decided to legally define "woman" based solely on biological sex, a decision that cuts deep into the very core of our rights, our identities, and our humanity.

Let me be clear: trans women are women. No court, no government, no outdated ideology can erase that truth.

On Saturday, thousands of people flooded the streets of London to protest this regressive ruling. I stood among them, not just as a trans woman, but as someone whose life and dignity are directly threatened by this institutionalized transphobia masquerading as legal clarity.

The signs said it all:
“Trans people are not the enemy.”
“My existence is not a debate.”
“This is not feminism. This is fear in disguise.”

This decision isn't about protecting women. It’s about exclusion. It’s about legitimizing bigotry under the pretense of biological determinism. By anchoring the definition of womanhood in chromosomes and genitals, the UK Supreme Court has set fire to decades of hard-won progress, not just for trans people, but for everyone who believes gender is more than what’s written on a birth certificate.

It opens the floodgates to real-world consequences: exclusion from women’s shelters, from healthcare services, from sports teams, from public life. It tells young trans girls they are not welcome. It tells adult trans women like me that our womanhood is a lie. It emboldens those who already mock, harass, and attack us.

To the so-called “feminists” cheering this decision: what you’re defending is not feminism. Feminism that doesn’t include trans women is not liberation, it’s oppression repackaged as virtue. True feminism uplifts all women, cis and trans alike. If your feminism needs to build walls around gender, then it was never about freedom. It was about fear.

We, as trans people, have fought too long and too hard to be erased by robes and gavels.

Our bodies are not threats. Our identities are not delusions. Our womanhood is not negotiable.

We are mothers. We are daughters. We are sisters. We are workers, artists, caretakers, and leaders. We deserve to walk through the world, and into women’s spaces, without being treated like intruders.

This ruling will not silence us. It will not push us back into hiding. If anything, it has ignited a flame. From London to Edinburgh, from bedrooms to Parliament squares, we are rising, louder, prouder, and more united than ever.

Because trans liberation is not optional. It is essential.

And no matter what they try to legislate or define, we are still here.
We exist.
We resist.
We rise.

Kimberly is a Blogger, Content Creator, and Trans Woman, Volunteer in the activism for the Rights, Citizenship, and Positive Visibility of Transgender peoples on Social Media.

✉ Contato: luciana.kimberly@yahoo.com