3 h. ago UK's first trans judge planning gender ruling challenge in European Court of Human Rights

Dr Victoria McCloud suggested the UK Supreme Court judgement violated her human rights

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6 h. ago UK's first trans judge plans human rights challenge to Supreme Court gender ruling that the definition of woman is biological

Victoria McCloud claimed the judgement violated her human rights and left her feeling 'contained and segregated'.

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8 h. ago Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over controversial definition of a woman ruling

Row is over supreme court ruling trans women are not legally women

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8 h. ago SFA set to ban transgender women competing in women's football

The move comes after the UK Supreme Court announced that the Equality Act's definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

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10 h. ago UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sexBritain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex, with subsequent guidance from the equality watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sexBritain’s first transgender judge is taking the UK to the European court of human rights over the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex.The UK supreme court ruled earlier this month that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act referred only to a biological woman and to biological sex, with subsequent guidance from the equalities watchdog amounting to a blanket ban on trans people using toilets and other services of the gender they identify as. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Doctors label Supreme Court's ruling on women 'scientifically illiterate' as trans row continues

The union's wing of resident doctors passed a motion at a conference, criticising the ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex.

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27 h. ago JK Rowling in furious clash with singer Boy George after he accuses her of 'hating men' after Supreme Court trans ruling

Rowling, who also writes under a male pen name, blasted the singer after he said that she could not tell the difference between a trans woman and a biological man.

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58 h. ago Gender ruling will not result in ‘toilet police’, senior minister says

The Supreme Court has declared that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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3 d. ago Labour MP fears being challenged in toilets after Supreme Court woman definition ruling

An LGBTQ+ MP has shared her fears of the impact the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman will have on her when she accesses facilities such as toilets.

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4 d. ago Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of trans ruling

Supreme Court’s verdict came after a number of legal challenges supported by the Harry Potter author

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5 d. ago Transgender woman and activist boasts of using the Ladies toilets in Parliament after biological female Supreme Court ruling

A transgender woman has boasted about using the ladies toilets in Parliament just days after the Supreme Court ruling. 

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5 d. ago LGBT MP fears being ‘challenged’ in toilets after Supreme Court ruling on gender

Kate Osborne MP said the Supreme Court’s decision ‘will have a huge impact on my life and many other cis lesbians’.

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5 d. ago Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of UK ruling on trans women

Supreme Court’s verdict came after a number of legal challenges supported by the Harry Potter author

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6 d. ago London Marathon to consult EHRC report before transgender participant decision

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling confirmed the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer urges MPs to ‘lower the temperature’ in debate on gender ruling

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch pushes PM on what she says is a change of stance over definition of a womanUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has urged MPs to “lower the temperature” in debating last week’s supreme court ruling on gender, as he was challenged repeatedly on the subject by Kemi Badenoch during prime minister’s questions.The Conservative leader, who took the place of her shadow equalities minister, Mims Davies, to respond to a Commons statement about the ruling on Tuesday, used all her allocation of questions to push Starmer over what she said was his change of stance. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The UK supreme court and the definition of a woman – podcast

A ruling on equality law has caused relief, fear – and confusion. Libby Brooks reportsOn paper it does not sound like something that would spark nationwide interest. Last week the UK supreme court gave its judgment on a case brought by a women’s group against the Scottish government over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.But its judgment – that the word “woman” in equality law refers only to biological sex – has upended years of legal interpretation. And the news of the ruling led to celebrations, protest and an outpouring of emotion. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer welcomes ‘clarity’ of UK supreme court’s gender ruling

Prime minister calls ruling ‘a welcome step forward’ while equalities minister Bridget Phillipson also welcomes itUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has welcomed what he termed the “real clarity” of last week’s supreme court ruling on gender recognition, saying it was important now to draft guidance to help organisations deal with the repercussions.In his first comments since the court’s definitive ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, the prime minister called it “a welcome step forward”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García

Four representatives join effort to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to facilitate the immigrant’s releaseWho is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador?A delegation of four House Democrats has arrived in El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, part of a mission to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to comply with a supreme court order to facilitate the return of the immigrant to the United States.Representatives Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Maxine Dexter of Oregon, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Robert Garcia of California touched down in Central America on Sunday, following a visit by the Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen last week. The lawmakers are seeking to meet with Ábrego García, who had lived in the US for more than a decade before being swept up in a 15 March operation. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Defiant trans activists and drag queens brag 'where we do our business is none of your business' in video inside women's toilets after Supreme Court ruling

The landmark hearing on Wednesday ruled that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women are no longer considered women in the eyes of the law.

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