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TransActual has criticized the court for not providing a clear definition of the terms “women’s spaces” or “biological sex.” The ruling says a biological woman is someone “who was at ...

A landmark Supreme Court ruling confirming the legal definition of a "woman" means trans women cannot use single-sex female toilets, changing rooms or compete in women's sports, the head of the ...

The terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex, the Supreme Court has ruled. Delivering the judgement, Judge Lord Hodge said the “central ...

It followed a years-long legal battle between campaign group For Women Scotland and the Scottish Government over the definition of a woman. Lord Hodge told the court: “The unanimous decision of ...

The judges said while the word "biological" does not appear in the definition of man or woman in the Equality Act, "the ordinary meaning of those plain and unambiguous words corresponds with the ...

Five judges at the highest civil court in the land were unanimous: the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. It essentially means holders of gender recognition certificates are ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, in a decision which could have far-reaching implications for who can access single-sex services and spaces.

They said a "certified" definition of sex would weaken protections for lesbians, citing the example of lesbian-only spaces and associations as it would mean that a trans woman who was attracted to ...

They unanimously decided the definition of a "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refers to "a biological woman and biological sex". Image: Susan Smith and Marion Calder, directors of For ...

Campaign group For Women Scotland had brought a series of challenges against the Scottish Government over the definition of "woman" in 2018 Holyrood legislation which forced public boards to have ...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the definition of a woman and sex in the Equality Act relates to "a biological woman and biological sex". UK Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge, who announced the ...