2 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'.

Events

4 h. ago Scottish FA rule on whether transgender women can compete in women's football after Supreme Court verdict

New ruling to come into effect from next season

Events

4 h. ago Eurovision star Nemo takes action after UK court ruling on transgender women

Eurovision winner Nemo is standing up for transgender rights

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4 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

Events

4 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.

Politics

5 h. ago Anas Sarwar calls for John Swinney to enforce transgender toilet ban with 'no delay'

The Scottish Labour leader wants Scottish bodies to immediately enforce interim guidance from the equalities watchdog

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6 h. ago Greens’ Maggie Chapman survives committee vote after gender ruling remark

MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities Committee voted down a motion to remove her.

Politics

6 h. ago My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone | Zoe Williams

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdownAnother morning, another absolutely bananas conversation about transgender people, without any trans people involved, following the supreme court ruling that permits the exclusion from single-sex spaces of anyone not born into that sex. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Emma Barnett was asking care minister Stephen Kinnock about wards in hospitals, and came out with the immortal line: “Do you think it’s right for trans people to be segregated from other patients, as an interim measure, or for the future?”Great save, that “for the future” – because if you’re going to interpret this ruling as a requirement to exclude trans people, what does that mean in practice? Trans women on men’s wards, trans men on women’s wards? This delivers dignity and respect to precisely no one; so, sure, “segregate” away, and it would have to be for ever, beca...

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6 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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7 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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7 h. ago Green MSP Maggie Chapman vote result confirmed after Supreme Court 'bigotry' row

The Scottish Greens MSP had criticised the Supreme Court verdict

Politics

7 h. ago Maggie Chapman clings on to job thanks to SNP votes after stinging attack on Supreme Court

Nationalists ignored calls from across Scotland's legal profession for Chapman to be booted off the Equalities Committee.

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7 h. ago Doctors condemn Supreme Court ruling on trans women as ‘scientifically illiterate’

The resident doctors’ wing of the BMA argued that a binary divide between sex and gender ‘has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender-diverse people’

Science

8 h. ago Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency

The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportationsLaw-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have shocked the United States and the world. On the eve of his inauguration, Trump promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”, and what followed has been a whirlwind pace of extreme policies and actions that have reshaped the federal government and the US’s role in the world. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago Green MSP Maggie Chapman poised for crunch vote to keep key role after Supreme Court 'bigotry' outburst

Maggie Chapman will face a vote to keep her role as deputy convener of Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee.

Politics

9 h. ago Erin Patterson no longer accused of attempting to kill husband as mushroom murders trial begins

Victorian supreme court judge tells jury that charges relating to Simon Patterson have been droppedElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe trial of Erin Patterson for allegedly murdering her in-laws by serving them a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms has started in a Victorian court.Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago Supreme Court hears arguments on case about FBI raid on wrong Georgia home

An Atlanta woman whose house was wrongly raided by the FBI is coming before the Supreme Court in a key case over when people can sue to try to hold federal law enforcement accountable

Events

12 h. ago Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

Events

15 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.

Science

16 h. ago Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion

A federal judge is putting on hold for now a Nevada law that requires parents be notified before a minor can get an abortion

Society