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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and Kate Devlin

Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over controversial definition of a woman ruling

The only ever judge to publicly say they are transgender in the UK is taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights over the ruling that trans women are not legally women under the Equalities Act.

The long-awaited judgment from the Supreme Court was hailed by gender-critical campaigners but led to warnings it would “exclude trans people wholesale from participating in UK society”.

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