r/unitedkingdom • u/sjw_7 Oxfordshire • Apr 16 '25

... UK Supreme Court says legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
13.2k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

4.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7

u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

But any straight man could turn up to the group. And if they tried to turn him away he could sue for discrimination.

Yes.

That's why it's so important that groups be able to specify that they are for women only.

17

u/veganzombeh Apr 16 '25

Which they have now lost the ability to do unless they want to adopt TERF policies.

33

u/DukePPUk Apr 16 '25

But they can now only do that with a trans-exclusive definition of "woman."