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So Sorry About Our Coach and Horses
The UK Observer says “neigh” to trans rights, chiding us for coming too close to driving and smashing right through equalities law
9 min readApr 21, 2025
On April 16, the UK Supreme Court ruled on a major case, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, saying that trans people aren’t really members of our genders.
The Observer wrote an editorial on it, and I want to talk about that.
An editorial is the opinion of a newspaper as an institution, written by its staff. The Observer published this one four days after the Supreme Court ruling.
The headline is incorrect
To start with, the Observer’s headline “A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone” is laughable on two fronts.
No trans people were allowed to testify in this case. You can’t have a “compromise,” let alone a “dignified” one, if one party isn’t allowed to speak.
