SANITY PREVAILS: U.K. Supreme Court Rules UNANIMOUSLY That A Woman Is Defined By Biological Sex

Posted • April 16, 2025: The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the terms 'women' and 'sex' refer to biological women under the Equality Act 2010. This is a massive win for women. It's the "unanimous decision" of this court that the terms "woman" and "sex" refer to a biological woman and biological sex in the Equality Act 2010, Lord Hodge says in the Supreme Court. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Equality Act’s definition of a woman is based on biological sex. Five judges unanimously decided that transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) should not be treated as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The decision is in response to a challenge brought by campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS), over the inclusion of transgender women with GRCs in the 50 per cent female quota mandated for public boards in Scotland.

The group’s case against the Scottish Government was rejected by judges in Edinburgh in 2022. However, its appeal was allowed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. The court's decision will have far-reaching implications for how sex and gender are legally defined and applied across various aspects of UK law. It will also likely affect the rights of transgender women to use single-sex spaces and services. —— Sanity is restored. (…)

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