The Supreme Court refused to listen to trans voices. We brought them to the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court rolled back trans rights 20 years without hearing from a single trans person. Last night, we brought those voices to the court. Munroe Bergdorf, Nadia Almada, India Willoughby and Victoria McCloud said what they would have said if the judges had let them speak, and told us what it’s like to live in the hostile world this judgment has made.

The court blocked Victoria – the UK’s first trans High Court judge – from intervening in the case. “Justice is about balance, and it’s about being fair,” she said. “Balance means hearing the people affected.”

The activist Munroe Bergdorf spoke of how worried she is about “our physical safety and our mental health. I’m concerned that this will embolden people who hold violently transphobic views.”

Together we can fight this appalling decision. Together we can build a world where people can live in safety and mutual respect.