The UK's Supreme Court Decision: What Makes a Woman?

The UK Supreme Court has finally drawn a line in the sand, ruling that transgender women cannot be legally considered women for certain sex-based exceptions. This landmark decision arrives at a time when defining womanhood has become unnecessarily complicated despite biological reality being self-evident. Yet, as we dig deeper into this ruling, troubling contradictions emerge—men with Gender Recognition Certificates still maintain legal status as women in many contexts, potentially allowing access to women's spaces like prisons and shelters.

Beyond the headlines lies a complex web of legal nuance that leaves both sides dissatisfied. While advocates for women's sex-based rights celebrate a partial victory, the ruling carefully preserves most transgender protections, creating a confusing middle ground that fails to provide clear guidance. Organizations remain caught between respecting women's safety concerns and fearing discrimination lawsuits. This UK decision serves as both warning and preview for Americans as we navigate our own cultural and legal battles around sex and gender identity.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, we witness this ideology playing out in American beauty pageants. Bill Belichick's girlfriend is set to compete in Miss Maine USA against the competition's first transgender participant—a competition where biological reality seems increasingly irrelevant. These developments highlight the ongoing struggle to maintain sex-based protections in a culture that has embraced confusing terminology and concepts.

The conversation takes an unexpected turn with a fascinating biblical discovery: dragons appear in scripture! This revelation serves as a perfect launching point for deeper biblical exploration. What surprised you when first reading the Old Testament? Scripture continues to reveal unexpected wisdom and fascinating details that challenge our modern assumptions, reminding us that truth—whether biological or spiritual—sometimes requires rediscovery in each generation.

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Chapters

• 0:29 UK Supreme Court on Trans Women
• 3:30 Blog Post Breakdown and Analysis
• 5:33 Transgender Pageant Controversy
• 8:25 Bible Study and Dragons Question

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:15

Hello, good morning, happy Thursday. We are getting right to it. I'm talking about women and the UK's Supreme Court saying that. I guess it was there oh gosh, I have it on my blog. I have to go read it again about women being defined as a biological woman. I mean, we're here. This is where we are, where we have to have a Supreme Court of people telling us what a woman is, when we already know what a woman is. The Bible tells us clearly what the Bible is Speaking of which I have a great question of the day I hope I don't forget, and it is in regards to the Bible.

Speaker 1: 0:53

All right, so I'm going to read my blog post that I spent some time on yesterday and I'm kind of happy about, and I hope that you go read it and share it with others, please. All right, the UK Supreme Court rules that trans women are not real women. The United Kingdom has shown a rare semblance of sanity and perhaps even spine. Their Supreme Court ruled that trans women cannot legally be considered real women. Well, kind of Sure, the UK Supreme Court is now willing to admit that a man isn't a woman, but they're still protecting the right of men to be recognized as women, which likely means that they'll still be allowed into women-only spaces, because they say in this ruling, or whatever it was, they are saying that trans rights over there are not being affected by this. So which is it? You can't have it both ways. So you might be wondering why I'm covering a UK Supreme Court ruling on an Americanist, which is my blog. Simple, because what's happening over there is warning for us.

Speaker 1: 1:59

The UK has been at this forefront of pushing gender ideology and now they're starting to hit the brakes, while we Americans have been waking up to this madness. We're not exactly moving at lightning speed. Here's another thing Gender. No such thing. There's sex. There's male and female, but they've twisted this and people use the term gender now like it's a real thing and it's sex. There's male and female, but they've twisted this and people use the term gender now like it's a real thing and it's not. So we need to stop doing that. First and foremost, again, when they steal the language, they take control. All right, so before we get in, okay, I'm going to skip over this because I put here, I put in my blog post about the history and the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Center over there and how this all started, so I tried to give you a little background.

Speaker 1: 2:46

In the UK, I also talk about Kelly J Keene, and if it wasn't for her, if it was not for Kelly J Keene? I know JK Rowling's getting a lot of credit, and yes, I suppose she should, but because I guess she didn't have to come out. Jk Rowley is a big name. She didn't have to come out publicly and state any of the things that she has stated. She did risk her career in doing so, kind of. She has not been harmed by it, thank goodness. Kelly J Keene, on the other hand, has been on the ground doing actual work on this. So don't forget that, please don't forget that. So, anyway, we're going to move on.

Speaker 1: 3:22

So here's the decision the Supreme Court ruled that trans women, biological males, are not legally considered women for the purposes of single-sex exceptions under the Equality Act of 2010. This is theirs, not ours. We don't have anything like this. This means, legally speaking, a man who identifies as a woman can be treated differently in certain contexts that are protected for biological women, such as political party shortlists or women-only services. So that's good. However, there's a catch. The ruling does not roll back so-called trans rights or strip legal recognition from trans-identifying individuals. If a man has legally changed his gender via a gender recognition certificate a GRC that's huge over there under the Gender Recognition Act of 2004, he is still recognized in most legal contexts as female. So, yes, the court says a man is not a woman when it comes to specific sex-based rights, but men with a GRC are still legally women in many other areas of law. This means a biological male who identifies as a woman could still access women's spaces like prisons, changing rooms or shelters, depending on the interpretation of other laws and policies. Organizations are still in a legal gray zone, often fearing discrimination lawsuits if they exclude trans-identifying males, even when safety or privacy is at stake.

Speaker 1: 4:57

Now, I am not an attorney. I have no idea how this ruling really is, but everything I'm reading on social media, they are celebrating it as a win and as they should. Just be careful because I think there are some loopholes here. But I'm not an attorney. I'm not a lawyer. Isn't there always a loophole somewhere, right? All right, we need to move on to my next story. Please go read that. There's more to my blog post over there if you're interested in that kind of a topic.

Speaker 1: 5:23

The next thing I want to talk about is from the New York Post, and it's Bill Belichick's 24 year old girlfriend almost said daughter, his 24 year old girlfriend. You know who Bill Belichick is right, he's like 77 years old football coach. So his girlfriend, who is 24 years old, is going to compete, bill. Let me just read the headline Bill Belichick's girlfriend Jordan Hudson is her name to compete for Miss Maine USA against competition's first transgender woman. So see, over here we've still lost our minds. So Bill Belichick's 24-year-old girlfriend, jordan Hudson, will be competing against a transgender woman in a Maine beauty pageant next month. According to a report, hudson is looking to claim the crown of Miss Maine USA after placing as runner-up in last year's competition, but will face a strong challenge in the form of Isabel St Cyr, who is set to become the first transgender individual to vie for the coveted state title. Set to become the first transgender individual to vie for the coveted state title.

Speaker 1: 6:34

Here's the thing if I was Jordan, first of all, I wouldn't compete, because a man is competing in the competition. Second of all, you're going to lose because they're going to prop up this man as a woman in this pageant. So, jordan, don't do it, even though I really don't care for you. Starting pageants at 24 feels a bit like starting cheerleading. When I was 14, st Cyr wrote in a statement on Facebook on March 25th this is the transgender person St Cyr is. When I started cheerleading, I had all the odds stacked against me. So much pushback, so many people telling me it wasn't a space for me. No, a guy can be a cheerleader, you just have to be a guy. Okay, they're called yell leaders is what we called them in our school.

Speaker 1: 7:17

So a farm owner from Monson, monson, maine, st Cyr, said he is not participating in the competition to make any political point, but for personal reasons, which is bullshit. Because later on he says I'm just doing it because I love pageants and I just happen to be trans. I want to show everyone that trans women absolutely do this pageant and can do well. He told Bangor Daily News. Now I'm correcting this reporter with their pronouns because they keep calling Saint Sarah she when he's really a dude. Okay, somebody, we got to correct these people so you can go. Finish reading that. So we're still not safe from any of this trans ideology, trans cult crap. Just keep that in mind. Just because an executive order was signed doesn't mean things are back to normal because they're not All right.

Speaker 1: 8:08

We need to go on to the question of the day. I was listening to my Bible in a year on the way into work and we're on Daniel. I think it's Daniel, but they're talking about Daniel and how he, the false god, bel or Bella, whatever it's called and he showed the king how it was a false god and he destroyed it. And so the king put before him a dragon, a living dragon. This is in the bible. Did you know that there were dragons in the bible? I had no idea.

Speaker 1: 8:41

So the question for you is when you first started really studying and reading the bible for the very first time, what was probably the most surprising thing that you discovered in the Bible, in the old, in the first few books? Not, this is pre pre-Jesus and pre-Testament, this is, like in the Torah, the first few books, so before Jesus came. I want to know that what is the most surprising thing that you discovered or learned when you first started reading the Bible? Now, today, it's just. There's lots of things that I've like oh wow, oh wow, I didn't, oh wow. Just really has opened me up. But I'm just speaking for today. The thing I learned today was there are dragons in the Bible. I did not know that. Okay, I got to go.