Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex

Supreme Court ruled that sex’ in the law (under the Equality Act 2010 ) means biological sex.

In its ruling on 16 April , the court set out why from pregnancy to sport, access to refuges to women-only changing rooms would be “unworkable, inconsistent and incoherent” if sex were not confined to biological sex but also included trans people with a gender recognition certificate.

That this was left to the courts at all is an indictment of politicians.

Labour ’s response from Labour has been woeful. It took the Prime Minister six days to say he was “really pleased” with the “clarity” brought by the.

JK Rowling contributed 70,000 to the battle, but the donations of more than 5,000 others raised the bulk of the 232,000 costs.

Maya Forstater secured the right to say that sex is real and immutable and not be punished.

The Supreme Court ruling will require businesses, public bodies and other institutions to change their policies in accordance with the law.