Supreme Court Rules: A Woman Is an Adult Human Female — What That Means for Law, Rights, and Reality
The landmark Supreme Court ruling that the definition of “woman” relates to biological sex has finally cleared up a 15-year legal ambiguity that left public services, employers, and women’s organisations in an impossible position. The consequences of this ruling will reverberate across single-sex spaces, employment law, and public services throughout the UK.
For the first time, the courts have tested whether someone with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) who identifies as female should be treated as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The answer has come back with crystal clarity: biological sex remains the basis of sex-based rights.
This judgment will have far-reaching implications for single-sex spaces, employment law, healthcare, sport, and safeguarding. More importantly, it reasserts a basic material truth that many women — especially feminists, clinicians, and survivors — have been bullied and silenced for expressing.
What Did the Supreme Court Actually Rule?
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex, not gender identity.
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