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I'm autistic and my special interest is dark political shit. This is my time to shine before I combust. 🔥
I'm autistic and my special interest is dark political shit. This is my time to shine before I combust. 🔥
![Painting "Freedom of Speech" by Norman Rockwell.
The blue-collar speaker wears a plaid shirt and suede jacket, with dirty hands and a darker complexion than others in attendance.[14] The other attendees are wearing white shirts, ties and jackets.[15] One of the men in the painting is holding a document that reveals a subject of the meeting as "a discussion of the town's annual report".[5] Edgerton's youth and workmanlike hands are fashioned[clarification needed] with a worn and stained jacket, while the other attendees appear to be older and more neatly and formally dressed. According to Bruce Cole of The Wall Street Journal, Edgerton is shown "standing tall, his mouth open, his shining eyes transfixed, he speaks his mind, untrammeled and unafraid", and his face resembles Abraham Lincoln.[5](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vpdvw42oh5kxapai24btpxa/bafkreiblbzjvkzrpvz3d2jz6duoepz5qv3lfgtnxnzkqrd5m2ltdp5hgjm)
![2019 to 2025: from GC as a ‘protected belief’ to the Supreme Court Judgment
in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers
The term ‘gender-critical’ entered public discourse around 2021, in connection with
an employment tribunal case, Forstater v CGD Europe, which ruled that GC beliefs are
capable of protection under the Equality Act 2010 (EA). In the Employment Appeal
Tribunal, GC belief is described as:
“[…] the belief that biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to be
conflated with gender identity. She [the claimant] considers that statements such as
“woman means adult human female” or “trans women are male” are statements of
neutral fact and are not expressions of antipathy towards trans people or
“transphobic”19.”
This means that a person with GC beliefs considers trans women to be men and trans
men to be women, regardless of whether they have a GRC.
The judgment was clear that while the belief is capable of protection, there may be
circumstances where it may not be protected:
“This judgment does not mean that those with gender-critical beliefs can ‘misgender’
trans persons with impunity. The Claimant, like everyone else, will continue to be
subject to the prohibitions on discrimination and harassment that apply to everyone
else20.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vpdvw42oh5kxapai24btpxa/bafkreifrp6tx2aioengszmf5q3exlqxmope3kfk3o7vyvodtgip5n2ebza)
