Scissor Sisters, Perfume Genius, Garbage and more lend support to trans community in light of UK high court gender ruling

Apr 17, 2025 - 15:22

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Scissor Sisters, Perfume Genius, Garbage and more lend support to trans community in light of UK high court gender ruling

Scissor Sisters, Perfume Genius, Garbage, and more have reacted to the UK high court’s controversial gender ruling – find resources for the trans community below.

On Wednesday (April 16), judges unanimously ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. Though Judge Lord Hodge stressed the ruling was not a “triumph of one or more groups in our society at the expense of another”, the decision will undoubtedly impact transgender communities across the country.

Now, various figures in the entertainment world have reacted to the news and lent their support to the trans community. Scissor Sisters called the decision “deeply upsetting”, adding:”We recognise the pain and fear it causes”.

Meanwhile, Perfume Genius wrote that he was “so sorry and heartbroken and cannot imagine how scary and overwhelming things have been. I love you”. Garbage shared a photo with the words “Queer Trans Resistance” on their Instagram, writing in the caption: “We love you. You exist. You always have. You win.”

Rachel Chinouriri, Lambrini Girls, Billy Bragg, JADE, and more have also also weighed in on the matter – read on for what they’ve got to say:

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Solidarity with our trans siblings
Now the courts have given the GCs what they wanted, they'll presumably stop protesting every visible expression of trans identity. To do otherwise would reveal them to be the anti-trans activists that we always believed they to be pic.twitter.com/8jMWxnnNw3
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) April 16, 2025

To all my trans friends and family and fans and not fans, I am so sorry and heartbroken and cannot imagine how scary and overwhelming things have been. I love you
— Perfume Genius (@perfumegenius) April 17, 2025

White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood defends trans rights after UK Supreme Court ruling: ‘Pure rage’https://t.co/T9kGWErXA6
— PinkNews (@PinkNews) April 17, 2025

After the UK’s supreme county excluded Trans Women from the legal definition of “Women”, JADE showed her support for the transgender community via Instagram Story. pic.twitter.com/TMEEEaOUSD
— JADE Access (@AccessJadeT) April 17, 2025

Still not really sure what to say…
The ruling of the Supreme Court is an enormous blow and step backwards for trans women and the safety of the trans community that we all have a duty to protect.
I don’t know where to even begin but we all have a duty to try and help the trans…
— Rachel Chinouriri (@rachelchinourir) April 17, 2025

In an Instagram story, Lambrini Girls also wrote that “these actions give legitimacy to hate under the guise of law, legally shields bigotry, pushes erasure and silence all whilst pretending it’s a matter of legal interpretation”, adding: “This government continues to demonise trans people as a smokescreen for their own policy failures. Resistance is collective, trans people should not have to fight this alone”.

They also shared a number of resources including charities, helplines and legal clinics, which you can find at the bottom of this article.

Author JK Rowling, who has received significant backlash for her anti-trans comments, also commented on the ruling. “The fact that so many UK trans activists are shrieking about injustice says it all,” she wrote. “You never had the rights you claim you’ve now lost; you had demands. Your sense of entitlement grew unchecked because cowards and idiots bowed down to your campaign of intimidation. No longer.”

Rowling’s tweet has garnered pushback from the likes of Mae Muller, who replied: “Celebrate now but just know that trans women are not going anywhere, they exist no matter what hatred you spew, and your transphobia has made you incredibly incredibly ugly inside and OUT. fucking loser.”

The fact that so many UK trans activists are shrieking about injustice says it all. You never had the rights you claim you've now lost; you had demands. Your sense of entitlement grew unchecked because cowards and idiots bowed down to your campaign of intimidation. No longer. 2/2
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 16, 2025

celebrate now but just know that trans women are not going anywhere, they exist no matter what hatred you spew, and your transphobia has made you incredibly incredibly ugly inside and OUT. fucking loser. https://t.co/9ucE5OVceQ
— Mae Muller (@maemuller_) April 17, 2025

In the US, a similar decision has been made last January, where President Donald Trump ruled that the United States of America will only recognise two sexes, male and female.

Ariana Grande, Aurora and more reacted to the policy, with the latter writing: “I am in deep sorrow of how you have been failed by your own government.”

In other news, Lucy Dacus has pledged $10k for trans surgeries after Donald Trump’s gender executive order.