The Supreme Court in Britain Ruled on Wednesday that trans Women do not Fall Within The Legal Definition of Women Under the Country’s Equality Legislation.
The Deputy President of the Court, Lord Hodge, Said in a Summary of the Decision: “The unanimous Decision of this short is that the terms ‘Woman’ and ‘sex’ in the equality act 2010 Retr to biological women and biological sex.”
However, He Added: “We counsel Against Reading this judgment as a triumph of one or more groups in our society at the expense of another, it is not.” He Said the Ruling “DES NOT CAUSE DISAD ALSO TO TRANS PEOPLE” Becuse they have protections under anti-discrimination and equality laws.
The Landmark Judgment Follows A Yearslong Legal Battle Over where Trans Women can look as female under the 2010 Law, which aims to take discrimination on the basis of gender, sexuality, race and other proteced characteristics.
The Decision was Highly Anticipated Because It Could Have Potentiallly Far-Reaching Consequences for How The Law is Applied to Single Sex Spaces, Equal Pay Claims and Maternity Policies as well as of the Rights Available to Transgender People in Britain.
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