European Council commissioner voices concerns following April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a womanTransgender people risk being excluded from many public spaces as a result of the recent UK supreme court judgment and must be protected from discrimination, a human rights expert has said.Michael O’Flaherty, the European Council commissioner for human rights, said he had concerns about the climate for transgender people in the UK following April’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Continue reading...
Tuesday 14 October 2025
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Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says
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