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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

What does the UK Supreme Court ruling mean for transgender women?

The UK’s Supreme Court handed down a judgment on Wednesday which has found that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

With potential long-lasting ramifications on how Britain treats its equalities policy, the dispute centres on whether or not somebody with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) recognising their gender as female should be treated as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act.

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