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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

Britain’s first transgender judge has begun the process of taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex.

The judgment from the Supreme Court, which ruled that trans women are not legally women under the Equalities Act, has led to warnings it would “exclude trans people wholesale from participating in UK society”. But gender critical campaigners have hailed the ruling as a victory for women.

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