Trans activist and stage performer Dylan Mulvaney has said trans rights should not be political ahead of a Supreme Court judgment in London on Wednesday, April 16 about how women are defined in law.
Mulvaney, who documented her own transition in a viral TikTok series, said: “I’ve seen my family completely accept me and love me. And I think that that’s why I haven’t given up on any person or any group of people.”
She also called for “transness” to no longer be a political topic – “because it shouldn’t be”.
“We’re just humans trying our best,” she said.
The landmark Supreme Court case, where five judges at the UK’s top court heard arguments last November, is the culmination of a challenge brought by anti-trans organisation For Women Scotland over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act.
Wednesday’s ruling may have a big influence over how sex-based rights are applied through the act across Scotland, England and Wales, including implications for the running of single-sex spaces.
Mulvaney also commented on President Trump who, one the first day back in office, signed an executive order directing the US government to recognise only two, biologically distinct sexes – male and female.
Asked about Mr Trump’s policies, Mulvaney said: “It’s a sad thing to see someone trying to take away the rights of humans that are just trying to live their lives. Again, we’re not monsters. We’re people that have woken up and stepped into our authentic selves. For me, that’s a very camp, fun, feminine human being who also happens to be a woman.
“And I think what I’m now excited [for] is to step into this next chapter of my life and realise that there are so many other trans people who should be speaking on those things. And I’m finding my way in right now, which is through theatre.”
Dylan Mulvaney will soon star in a new musical in London, called We Aren’t Kids Anymore
