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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jordan Reynolds

Gender ruling could ‘gravely affect very vulnerable prisoners’ – solicitor

The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman could “gravely affect very vulnerable prisoners”, a solicitor said.

The comments follow the judgment by the UK’s highest court on Wednesday, that the definition of a woman in equality law is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if “proportionate”.

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