If Britain is now resetting the clock on trans rights, where will that leave us? | Gaby Hinsliff
18-04-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com

If Britain is now resetting the clock on trans rights, where will that leave us? | Gaby Hinsliff

There is both joy and dismay after the supreme court judgment. Compassion and leadership are really needed nowSo this is how a clock turns backwards. With the hands still spinning even now, it’s hard to know yet exactly how far back in time we will land. But Wednesday’s supreme court ruling that for the purposes of equality law, “woman” means “biological woman” – basically the chromosomes you were born with, regardless of what legal hoops you have since
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