The country’s highest court has ruled that under the Equality Act, woman means “biological female.” ...

A British Hindu monk is running her first London Marathon to help challenge stereotypes and to inspire a new generation with ancient wisdom. Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya, a spiritual leader ...

Maria Pearson now holds the grim title of Britain’s longest-serving female prisoner, surpassing notorious Moors murderer Myra Hindley. After 38 years in prison—26 more than her minimum term—Pearson is ...

Trans women should be barred from female toilets, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has recommended. The equality watchdog has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret ...

Trans women should be barred from female toilets, the Equalities and ... interpret last week’s landmark Supreme Court judgement. Britain’s top judges unanimously ruled on April 15 that the ...

Female riders in British racing continue to face the embarrassment and disruption of having to enter male changing rooms on racecourses that, in the worst cases, provide female jockeys with small, ...

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female, meaning that a ...

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