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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Supreme court urged to recognise ‘facts of biological reality’ in sex definition case

Supporters from For Women Scotland and Sex Matters, including its director Maya Forstater (far right) holding signs outside the court on Tuesday.
Supporters from For Women Scotland and Sex Matters, including its director Maya Forstater (far right) holding signs outside the court on Tuesday. Photograph: Martin Pope/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The supreme court has been urged to recognise “the facts of biological reality rather than the fantasies of legal fiction” in a case brought by Scottish campaigners to resolve how women are defined in law.

For Women Scotland is challenging a prior ruling by the court of session in Edinburgh, which found that guidance extending the definition of “woman” to transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) was lawful.

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