They say it’s about safety. About protecting “women and girls.” About making sure “biological sex” is respected in law. But here’s the real question: how exactly do they think they’re going to enforce it?

It’s absurd. But this is where we are.

The UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling in For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers PDF might not be about bathrooms – it was a judgment on whether the Scottish Government could define “woman” to include trans women for the purposes of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act – but the underlying logic now underpins countless other battles. The court ruled that the Gender Recognition Act doesn’t change someone’s sex for the purposes of the Equality Act. In short, “biological sex” – however undefined – trumps legal recognition.

But here’s the rub: the law can declare that “sex” means what you were assigned at birth, or what your chromosomes say, or what’s in your trousers – but it still has no way of enforcing it. It relies entirely on perception, on appearance, on people looking like they “belong” in a particular space.

And that means it’s not just trans people being scrutinised and harassed. It’s anyone who doesn’t conform – butch women, femme men, intersex people, older women, non-binary people, and yes, eunuchs too.

Let’s play this out:

• Will there be passport checks at public toilets?
• DNA tests before you use the changing room?
• A police officer with a magnifying glass posted outside the ladies’ loo?
• Will people be expected to carry proof of their assigned sex at birth?
• What’s to stop anyone saying, “I was assigned female” or “I’m intersex”?

Nothing. Because none of it’s enforceable.

And if it’s not enforceable, then what is it? It’s a tool for intimidation. For harassment. For denying people dignity, access, and safety – not providing it.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about bathrooms. It’s about control.

It’s about giving bigots a green light to play gender police in everyday life. It’s about making people afraid to exist in public unless they conform to a narrow ideal of manhood or womanhood. It’s about rolling back hard-won rights – not just for trans people, but for anyone who lives outside of binary, biological, or behavioural norms.

That includes people like me. People who are non-binary. People who identify as eunuchs. People who have had gender-affirming surgery – or were born with intersex traits and made to fit someone else’s idea of “normal.” Where exactly do we go to pee?

And if the law can’t answer that – then it has no business pretending it protects anyone.

This is a time for civil disobedience. For resistance. Because when the law becomes unjust, resistance becomes duty.

So here’s what we do:
We keep showing up.
We keep using the toilets that match our lived identity.
We keep walking into spaces where we belong.
And when someone tries to stop us, we say:

“Your fantasy isn’t my reality. And I’m not going anywhere.”