You will recall that the presence of trans people in the public eye was a non-issue until the mid-2010s, when suddenly it became the cause de jour for every entertainer, journalist or social media influencer gracelessly shattering into a million pieces when faced with the mildest career turbulence, only to re-emerge as a just-asking-questions reactionary transphobe.

…Trans people, just like gay people and short people, are just one of the types of people any person can turn out to be. And just like the gays and the shorts, they cannot be legislated out of existence. The most you can do is fearmonger them into retreating from public life.

That is what the supreme court decision is about. There is a small but relentless social movement calling for erasure of transness as a concept. They are tiny in number but wield immense social power due to coming from the same social class and swirling in the same WhatsApp groups as the people who make decisions.