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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2025 · 5 MIN

Supporters cheer UK court's historic ruling on the legal definition of a woman

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The UK's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled the law defines the terms 'woman' and 'sex' as referring to a biological women and biological sex. The much anticipated ruling centred on whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate (G-R-C), a formal document giving legal recognition of someone's new gender, is protected from discrimination as a woman under Britain's Equality Act.

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