by Katherine Lawton and Freya Barnes, Daily Mail
A number of trans activists were seen holding violent and threatening signs at yesterday’s protest against the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman, as demonstrators defaced seven statues in Parliament Square.
The landmark hearing on Wednesday ruled that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women are no longer considered women in the eyes of the law.
This week’s ruling means trans women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) could potentially be excluded from single-sex spaces if ‘proportionate’.
While most held up signs fighting for trans rights, some activists were seen threatening violence with disturbing images of stabbed and hanged TERFs.
One sign at the protest in London‘s Parliament Square showed an illustration of hangman alongside the slogan ‘The only good TERF is a [hanged] TERF.’
Meanwhile, another sign showed an image of a man with a bloodied knife stuck in his eye, alongside the caption: ‘Are you a… transphobe? Why not try a… D.I.Y. LOBOTOMY.’
A third graphic sign read: ‘Trans women are women. Trans men are men. If you don’t like that, go s*** somewhere else.’ Examples on the sign of where to do that included ‘on a pile of Harry Potter books’ or ‘on the head of another TERF’.
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