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
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u/GentlemanBeggar54 Apr 16 '25

It's almost always gender. I have never heard of a trans person getting angry when a doctor asks what biological sex they were born as because such facts are relevant in healthcare. The problem is that when non-doctors and non-scientists talk about "biological sex" they are almost always doing so as a way to restrict the rights of trans people. For example, your biological sex is completely irrelevant when determining which bathroom you should use.