The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case in which the justices must define “what is a woman” as it pertains to the “Equality Act” by the Scottish government.
Five Supreme Court justices — three men and two women — agreed to hear the case brought by the women’s rights group For Women Scotland (FWS) against the Scottish legislature after it passed a law stating that every Scottish public board should include an equal amount of men and woman. However, the Scottish government’s definition of “woman” includes trans-identifying men with a “gender recognition certificate” (GRC), the Associated Press reported.
It also claimed that the certificate entitled transgender individuals to the same protection under the Equality Act as those born female, the NewStatesmen reported.
Lawyer for FWS, Aidan O’Neill, told the justices that “sex” should…
