Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to a “biological woman and biological sex” under UK equality laws, bringing a long-running court battle between feminist groups and the government of Scotland to an end.Wednesday’s ruling is expected to have far-reaching consequences for policies on whether and how spaces and services reserved for women should be extended to include “trans women” – those born male who have transitioned socially or medically or who identify as women – such as changing rooms, domestic violence shelters and medical services.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Transgender woman’s ban from female-only app discriminatory, court ruleslist 2 of 4UK’s top court rules legal definition of ‘woman’ refers to ‘biological sex’list 3 of 4Athletics governing body to require DNA tests for women’s sportslist 4 of 4No party deserves the feminist vote in the UK electionend of listAlthough the case originally began in Scotland, the...