"F*ck the Supreme Court" – Nicola Coughlan launches Instagram fundraiser for trans charity Not A Phase

Nicola Coughlan immediately took to Instagram and posted an emotional video where she said, "F*ck the Supreme Court" after the UK Supreme Court declared that, under the 2010 Equality Act, the terms woman and sex mean biological women and biological sex on Wednesday, April 17.

This ruling, prompted by an appeal from the gender-critical group For Woman Scotland, effectively means that transgender women, including those with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), can legally be excluded from single-sex spaces such as female-only toilets, changing rooms, and sports competitions, as long as such exclusions are deemed "proportionate."

Nicola Coughlan in her video said,

“To see an already marginalised community being further attacked, and attacked in law, is stomach-churning and disgusting, and to see people celebrate it is more stomach-churning and disgusting.”

Nicola Coughlan has been a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and has declared her support for UK-based charity Not A Phase. The charity helps transgender individuals. In the video, Nicola Coughlan pledged to match donations up to £10,000 (€11,700) and urged her fans to act.

She continued,

“Now’s the time to speak up and make your voice heard. Let your trans, non-binary friends and the community at large know that you’re there for them and will keep fighting for them.”

Nicola Coughlan captioned the video,

“F*ck the Supreme Court, f*ck the TERFs. Let’s raise some money.”

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Nicola Coughlan's support echoed as outrage and fear rippled through the LGBTQ+ community

The court's decision has sparked anxiety and outrage among LGBTQ+ campaigners, notably the transgender community. Many advocacy groups and individuals see the ruling as a setback for transgender rights.

The LGBT+ charity Stonewall described the vote as "incredibly worrying," while Not A Phase, the organization sponsored by Coughlan, issued a strong statement:

“Whether trans people are included or excluded in the Government’s legislation, our existence can never be taken from us.”

Musician Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters also turned to Instagram to offer his support. He confirmed the band's relationship with Not A Phase for their upcoming UK tour, saying:

“This decision is deeply upsetting, and we recognise the pain and fear it causes.”

Sarah Savage, a transgender woman and CEO of Trans Pride Brighton, expressed her worry to the PA news agency. She stated that the decision left many "terrified" and emphasized a rising sense of helplessness:

“I came out on a Channel 4 television show called My Transsexual Summer in 2011, and that was viewed as a watershed in trans rights. We thought we’d never go back because now people saw us as humans. It felt like our rights were solidified, and now it feels like it’s melting away, and it’s melting away because the people in power are not standing up for us.”

She added,

“It makes me feel scared for the future because my rights are being taken away before my very eyes. What if I need to go to a hospital? Am I going to be treated with respect? What kind of ward am I going to be put in? Am I going to need to use the loo and then be harassed because of it? It’s terrifying, honestly. We had a committee meeting last night. Everyone was terrified. Trans people just want to have a quiet life, we just want to get on with it. We don’t want all this drama, we just want respect.”

jane fae (who spells her name in lowercase), the director of TransActual, said:

“As I get older, I may need hospital care, I foresee being forced into the indignity of being on a male ward, that would be upsetting to say the least. For younger people, it’s an exclusion from society, and those are only the legal consequences. I think this should, in time, be unpicked, but probably not in what’s left of my lifetime."

fae continued,

“This is going to take years to unpick, and I have no confidence whatsoever in the English legal or political system. The climate back in the noughties was that people cared about human rights, and I fear we may have coarsened since then, and we don’t care so much about human rights now.”

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Nicola Coughlan remains a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community even as the UK government and gender-critical organizations support the Supreme Court's decision.

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