Activists celebrate UK court defining ‘woman’ based on biological sex | ABS-CBN News

Women’s rights activists celebrated outside the United Kingdom’s highest court on Wednesday (April 16) after it ruled that the definition of a woman under equality legislation referred to "biological sex”.

The Supreme Court's judgment related to whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate, a formal document that gives legal recognition of someone's new gender, is protected from discrimination as a woman under Britain's Equality Act.

The ruling said trans people would not be disadvantaged by its landmark decision, which is the latest example of the wider debate around transgender rights ending up before the courts.

Campaign group For Women Scotland had argued rights under the Equality Act should only apply based on a person's biological sex. It had challenged guidance issued by the devolved Scottish government that accompanied a 2018 law designed to increase the proportion of women on public sector boards.

Scottish ministers' guidance said a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate was legally a woman.

(Production: Marissa Davison)

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