For several years now, those who stood up to the mob and criticized transgender ideology risked the possibility of getting "cancelled". All of them are certain that the Left-wing dogma will go after them.
From best-selling authors such as JK Rowling, to world-class athletes like Martina Navratilova and academics like Prof Kathleen Stock, those who spoke out risked their reputations and their careers.
However, after the Supreme Court's ruling last 16 April that sex is rooted in biological sex and that trans women are legally not women, many are likely to feel that they are owed an apology.
Like so many who come into contact with the topic, Harry Potter author Rowling had her first brush with trans controversy on social media.
In 2018, she "liked" a tweet that described trans women as "men in dresses", which her spokesman would go on to say was an "accident".
However, she later became very vocal on gender-critical issues. Her 2020 essay in which she criticized an article with a headline saying "people who menstruate" provoked a fierce debate on sex and gender that ultimately saw the three Harry Potter lead actors turn their backs on Rowling.
Daniel Radcliffe, who played the titular character, Rupert Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, who was Hermione Granger, all distanced themselves from the author’s beliefs.
"Transgender women are women," Radcliffe wrote. "Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people."
Rowling has been a vocal supporter of For Women Scotland and has offered financial backing to the campaign group who celebrated their victory at the Supreme Court.
The author shared a photograph of herself enjoying a cigar on her superyacht with the caption: "I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights."
Other gender-critical feminists have already faced court battles of their own.
Maya Forstater, co-founder of Sex Matters, took the Centre for Global Development to a tribunal in 2019 after her employer refused to renew her contract. The decision was made after Forstater published tweets questioning government proposals to allow people to determine their own gender identity.
An employment tribunal eventually upheld the tax expert’s case, concluding that she had suffered discrimination for her gender-critical beliefs.
In 2023 she was awarded £91,500 for loss of earnings, injury to feelings and aggravated damages, with an additional £14,900 added as interest.
"Surely this is the last nail in the coffin for the idea that women at work should have to put up with male colleagues being allowed into their changing rooms, showers and toilets," she told The Telegraph.