In October 2025, Brighton will see the FiLiA 2025 conference. One of the sessions will see the ‘celebration’ of the Supreme Court Judgment with member of FWS and “the interveners“. The session will be hosted by Joanna Cherry, with other speakers including Julia Bindel and Jenny Willmott.
The session is being advertised as a chance to “…celebrate the landmark Supreme Court judgment…recognising and thanking those who brought the case, the intervenors, and the wider movement that made it possible. Together we reflect on the impact of this ruling…examining how it strengthens women’s rights and resonates across the global struggle for sex-based protections.”
In answer to the event, Ami has written a letter to the organisers, reminding them of the solidarity trans sisters have with their cis sisters, the experiences trans women face in the world and why this celebration goes against the narrow ruling of the Supreme Court who reminded at the time, the ruling “‘should not be regarded as a “win” for one side or the other’”.
Feminism should be a movement of solidarity, not suspicion and segregation – a space where we recognise one another’s pain and fight together for liberation.
Dear members of FiLiA,
I am writing to you as a fellow feminist, as a woman, and as someone who shares your passion for fighting the injustices that women face in this world. Like you, I want women everywhere to be safe, to be valued, and to have the opportunity to thrive without fear or discrimination.
However – I am a transgender woman.
My path to womanhood came later in life, through an arduous medical and legal journey, marked by pain, barriers, and sacrifice. It was never simply a matter of “putting on a dress.” I worked hard to live authentically, knowing full well that some would still view me with suspicion or even hatred.
I did it anyway – because this is who I am.
It deeply saddens me that so often women like myself are treated not as sisters in this struggle, but as threats to be resisted. Our very existence is too often framed as something to be excluded, diminished, or erased.
The Supreme Court stated clearly that the ruling in April ‘should not be regarded as a “win” for one side or the other’. It was a narrow point of law, not an endorsement of exclusion or hostility. To celebrate it as such distorts its meaning and weaponises it against some of the most vulnerable women among us.
I know – and I acknowledge – that there are differences between us. I did not experience growing up as a girl, with the barriers and issues that brings. I will never experience the pain and difficulties of having a female reproductive system.
Differences exist within womanhood in so many forms: race, class, disability, sexuality, age, culture. Feminism has always been at its strongest when it has embraced intersectionality, when it has refused to allow the forces of patriarchy to divide us.
Trans women live with violence, poverty, healthcare barriers, discrimination at work, and fear in public spaces. These are our daily realities, due to the same misogyny and male-centred attitudes that harm all women. In my own life, I have felt this shift acutely: that has even meant being stalked, harassed, and placed in real danger simply because I am seen as female – and therefore objectified, and being seen as weaker, lesser, and unimportant.
When protections are weakened, & when rights are rolled back, it hurts all of us.
I am not asking you to agree with me on every detail, but I am asking you – with all my heart – to consider the human impact of constant attacks on trans women. Exclusion is not protection; it is cruelty. We deserve dignity and safety, just as every woman does.
My hope is not to divide, but to unite. Feminism should be a movement of solidarity, not suspicion and segregation – a space where we recognise one another’s pain and fight together for liberation. Surely there is space for all of us?
I truly believe we can be stronger if we walk side by side, showing respect and understanding, instead of turning our backs on each other.
No matter how this letter is taken, please know that I, and indeed all my fellow trans sisters, will continue to stand with women everywhere, fighting for our collective rights, safety, and liberation. Always.
With respect and love
Ami Foxx
I truly believe we can be stronger if we walk side by side, showing respect and understanding, instead of turning our backs on each other.
If you would like to co-sign, share your views, please leave a comment below*. Our movement thrives on supporting each other as a community whether that be with our trans or cis siblings. We are stronger together. Let’s celebrate that.
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2 replies on “An open letter to the FiLiA”
I agree with everything you say Ami, but know that regardless of the pain and suffering we as trans women go through just to get where we are, these people will never recognise us. It is beyond abilities because they are too old fashioned and stuck in their ways. Our best hope is the future generations who have been shown that we do exist, have existed for millenia and will always exist, unlike terfs who have existed for mere decades.
This is a subject very close to my heart. It absolutely destroys me to see women fighting against each other when we should all be standing together.