The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that “man”, “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to sex, not self-ID or paperwork (gender-recognition certificates). This agreed with our legal interpretation. We have published new guidance and are in the process of updating our publications to reflect the judgment. We are also working to provide answers to the questions we're hearing from supporters and the media. We will publish these as soon as possible.

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Sex in the Supreme Court

Judgment was handed down last week on For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on the effect of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on the definitions of “woman” and “man” for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.

The judgment holds that the terms “man”, “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex.

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