Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010: For Women Scotland
The Supreme Court has ruled that references to “sex”, “man” and “woman” in the Equality Act refer to biological sex (a person’s sex at birth).

This is an archived Commons Library briefing on statistics on equality and discrimination from 2009.
An overview of statistics on equality and discrimination (167 KB , PDF)
This note has been published as a statistical companion to Library Research Paper 09/43 on the Equality Bill [Bill 85 of 2008-09].
An overview of statistics on equality and discrimination (167 KB , PDF)
The Supreme Court has ruled that references to “sex”, “man” and “woman” in the Equality Act refer to biological sex (a person’s sex at birth).
An e-petition on transgender people self-identifying their legal gender (e-petition 701159) is being debated in Westminster Hall on 19 May 2025. The debate will be opened by Dr Roz Savage MP.
Autistic people experience education inequalities. Find out about government policy and support in schools, colleges and higher education for autistic people.