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

Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules

People carrying trans rights banners at the Pride Glasgow parade in 2017
The judgment stated that the meaning of ‘sex’ for the purposes of the 2010 Act ‘is not limited to biological or birth sex, but includes those in possession of a GRC’. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

Scotland’s highest court has ruled that transgender women should be included in legislation aimed at improving gender balance on public boards.

The court of session found that Scottish government guidance that extends the definition of “woman” to transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) is lawful.

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