The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of a woman is someone born biologically female.
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TheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedKingdomunanimouslyruledWednesdaythatawomanissomeonebornbiologicallyfemale,amovethatnowexcludestransgenderwomenfromthelegaldefinitionofawoman.
Transwomencanbeexcludedfromsomesingle-sexspacesandgroupsundertheU.K.EqualityAct,thefivejudgesofthetopcourtruled.Thesespacesandgroupsincludechangingrooms,homelessshelters,swimmingareasandmedicalorcounselingservicesprovidedonlytowomen.
Therulingmeansthatevenatransgenderpersonwithacertificatethatrecognizesthemasfemaleshouldnotbeconsideredawomanforequalitypurposes.
ButJusticePatrickHodgesaiditsruling“doesnotremoveprotectionfromtranspeople,”whoare“protectedfromdiscriminationonthegroundofgenderreassignment.”
TRANSGENDERACTIVISTCLAIMS‘SCIENCEISONOURSIDE’WHILEPUSHINGDEMOCRATSTOFIGHTBACKONTHEISSUE
“Interpreting‘sex’ascertificatedsexwouldcutacrossthedefinitionsof‘man
