Our project examines how trans subjectivities are constructed and contested in mainstream British print media following the UK Supreme Court’s landmark April 2025  ruling, which defined the legal category of 'woman' as corresponding to biological sex  assigned at birth. Utilizing a corpus of 58 articles published between March 16 and May 16,  2025, across five of the UK’s most widely circulated newspapers, the study analyses shifts in  tone, sentiment, and political framing in both direct and indirect references to the ruling. Grounded in critical discourse analysis (van Dijk 1998; Jäger 2019), the research positions media discourse as a key site for the production, circulation, and contestation of ideologies  about gender and sexuality. The study addresses two central questions: To what extent has  the Supreme Court’s decision reshaped dominant narratives regarding trans identities? And  does this ruling signal a broader re-entrenchment of trans-exclusionary ideologies within  mainstream journalism?   Theoretically, the project draws on feminist media studies (van Zoonen 1994; Gill 2007) and  recent scholarship on the rise of 'gender critical' discourse in the UK (Pearce et al. 2020;  Amery 2024; Bower-Brown 2023). Methodologically, it employs interdisciplinary and  qualitative analysis to identify linguistic and representational patterns that reflect either  solidarity, exclusion or agency in portrayals of trans individuals. Particular attention is paid  to the frequency and framing of transmisogynistic sentiment, as well as to  counter-discourses of protest, self-determination, and trans-affirmative agency.   Session: 'Backlash Against Gender: Comparative Perspectives on Global Anti-Gender Politics' Abstract: 3/3.