June 8, 2025
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Trans women not legally ‘women’ under Equality Act, rules UK Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in a landmark judgement ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers strictly to biological females, and not transgender women. The unanimous verdict by five judges is expected to have widespread implications for single-sex services such as domestic violence shelters, hospital wards, and […]

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‘Woman’ means female from birth: UK Supreme Court rules in landmark equal rights case

In the unanimous decision, five senior judges declared that under the act, both “woman” and “sex” refer to biological females, siding with the Scottish gender-critical group For Women Scotland (FWS), which appealed the case.The ruling came as a blow to those believing legal gender recognition should guarantee full inclusion under the law’s protections for women. […]

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