Visibility has undoubtedly increased for the LGBTQ+ community in recent years, as has progress and solidarity in many areas, but it now comes in tandem with misinformation and polarisation. Just over a year on from the UK’s Supreme Court ruling that decided, for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, the legal definition of “woman” and “sex” is based on biological sex at birth, the ripple effect on the trans and wider LGBTQ+ community has become clear. It was further solidified in May 2025 when