UK Supreme Court: Legal Definition of 'Woman' Excludes Transgenders

London
CNN
 —
The United Kingdom's highest court ruled that the legal definition of "woman"
excludes trans women, in a case with sweeping consequences for how equality
laws are applied.

Britain's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the definition of a woman in
equality legislation refers to "a biological woman and biological sex",
sparking celebrations outside court among gender-critical campaigners but
warnings it was a worrying development for transgender people.

The case centered on whether trans women with a gender recognition certificate
(GRC) – which offers legal recognition of someone's female sex-- are protected
from discrimination as a woman under the nation’s Equality Act 2010.