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

What has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling?

Women protesting with signs that say 'No Males in Female Jails'
For Women Scotland is suing the Scottish government over its prisons policy, which the organisation claims violates the supreme court ruling. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

In April, the supreme court ruled in a long-running case against the Scottish government brought by gender critical campaigners For Women Scotland (FWS). The landmark judgment said that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, the legal definition of a woman was based on biological sex. We look at what has happened since the ruling.

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