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Changing rooms, sports, rights: why biological sex now takes precedence in Great Britain

Finally, there is legal clarity in the UK: the word “woman” refers to sex, not gender. But contrary to some claims, the rights of trans people are unchanged, secure and affirmed.

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Vestiaires, sports, droits : pourquoi le sexe biologique prime désormais en Grande-Bretagne

Clarté juridique au Royaume-Uni : le mot « femme » renvoie au sexe, non au genre. Mais contrairement à ce qu’on peut entendre, cette décision n’entame en rien les droits des personnes trans.

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An era of collective madness is over. This is not a ‘defeat’ for trans women, it’s an accurate reflection of who we really are

Thank the Lord for some common sense. In this case, thank Lord Hodge, who yesterday* delivered the UK Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that trans women are not biologically female.

Extraordinary as it is that such an obvious statement requires an 88-page judgment, compiled over many months by the highest court of appeal in the country, this decision is crucial.

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This legal definition of ‘woman’ has restored sanity to the law

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone whose sex is female. The judgment, handed down this morning by Lord Hodge, sought to establish coherence in an area of law that has become the focus of an emotional, and sometimes heated debate. For that we should all be grateful.