LONDON — Transgender women will be excluded from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams after a U.K. Supreme Court ruling, the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said Thursday, as trans groups digested a judgment that could have a broad and detrimental impact on daily life. While Britain’s highest court said there was no…
The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a ruling on the legal definition of a “woman”, saying that it is based on a person’s sex at birth. Activists celebrate after hearing the outcome of the Supreme Court’s ruling on how to define a ‘woman’, in London on April 16, 2025.(AFP) The order coming out from…
LONDON — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government. Several women’s groups that supported the appeal celebrated outside court and hailed it as a major victory in their effort to protect…