Author J.K. Rowling claimed that a ruling from the Scottish Supreme Court on transgender issues won’t change the definition of a woman.
The court is considering a case on the validity of the country’s gender recognition certificates. It remains to be seen if those with these certificates qualify for the 2010 Equality Act, which was an anti-discrimination law based on gender. Rowling posted an article on the topic to X on Saturday, as Scotland awaits to hear the ruling.
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“Whatever the outcome of the case, it won’t change what a woman is,” Rowling captioned the link. “What the court’s really deciding is whether or not to remove rights from women and girls.”
The GRC inclusion to the 2010 act has already been upheld by an appellate court. The Scottish government is arguing that the law includes “a person issued with a full GRC in the acquired gender of ‘female’, and excludes a person issued with a full GRC in the acquired gender of ‘male’.”
Rowling recently contributed her own personal thoughts in a book of essays titled, The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht. The term “wheesht” is a Scottish term for quiet down, which Rowling claimed her friends attempted to do to her when she expressed her perspective on the transgender movement, finding it to be “dangerous” and “profoundly misogynistic.”
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This collection of essays was published earlier this summer. Shortly after its release, it made the Sunday Times Bestseller List at No. 3.
The Supreme Court will begin hearing the case Tuesday.