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Abstract

This case review discusses the judgement handed down by the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case, in which the court was tasked with defining the term ‘woman’, ‘man’, and ‘sex’ for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. I discuss the reasoning given in the decision and provide some context. I also discuss the wider implications of the case and its legal, political, and constitutional significance in the matters of trans persons’ rights.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Publisher Keywords:	Transgender, cisgender, equality, discrimination, gender recognition
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform K Law > KD England and Wales > KDC Scotland
Departments:	The City Law School The City Law School > Academic Programmes
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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