Critics of equal rights for transgender women have won their supreme court challenge over the definition of a woman.
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Five judges from the UK supreme court ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates. In a defeat for the Scottish government, their decision will mean that transgender women can no longer sit on public boards in places set aside for women. The ruling may spark calls for the UK’s laws on gender recognition to be rewritten
Gender critical campaigners win at UK supreme court over definition of woman ► https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/16/critics-of-trans-rights-win-uk-supreme-court-case-over-definition-of-woman
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