The UK’s highest court has ruled the legal definition of “woman” under the 2010 equality law only applies to biological sex. The case was a challenge to a Scottish government position that the legal definition also applied to transgender women who held a gender recognition certificate. The World’s Carolyn Beeler spoke with jane fae, director of TransActual UK, about the ruling, what it means for transgender women and the state of transgender protections in the UK.
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