What is a woman? A landmark ruling

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

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After years of culture war debate over trans women and their rights, today the Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” in the 2010 Equality Act refers only to “biological” women.

So was this a victory for the women who brought the legal challenge? Does this change anything in real terms for trans-people going forward? And does it just give greater ammunition to those stoking the culture war debate?

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0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:08.1	This is a global player original podcast.
0:14.9	In the case of the Equality Act, in the 2010 Equality Act, when it refers to woman or sex, it is referring to
0:23.5	biological sex.
0:25.3	As a woman, is somebody that can have a baby under certain circumstances.
0:29.7	The Labour Party leader can't actually define a woman, as we can't actually rule him out from
0:35.5	running to be Labour's first female Prime Minister.
0:38.5	The overwhelming majority of women, it's a biological issue.
0:43.5	I mean, Keistama, can't tell you what a working person is or what a woman is?
0:46.8	And so what is your definition of a woman?
0:48.9	As I said, I would exactly agree with what the Prime Minister said.
0:51.5	An adult human female?
0:52.7	A woman can have a penis.
0:54.3	I don't think we can conduct this debate with, you know...
1:00.1	Sorry, I've got this...
1:01.0	No, no, no, it's just...
1:03.0	Can a woman have a penis?
1:04.9	No.
1:05.4	Trans people are less than 1% of the population, right?
1:08.4	And you'd be forgiven for thinking that we're responsible for all of the world's ills. Police are assessing this video of Lawrence Fox burning pride flags.
1:16.6	Can you provide a definition for the word woman? Yeah. I can't.
1:22.6	Now she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison.
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