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The transgender community will hold protests in both England and Scotland on Saturday, days after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

Trans rights groups, trade unions and community organisations will come together for an 'emergency demonstration' in Parliament Square, central London, while a rally and march organised by Resisting Transphobia will take place in Edinburgh.

In a long-awaited judgment delivered on Wednesday, the UK's highest court confirmed the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act 'refer to a biological woman and biological sex'.

This means transgender women with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) can be excluded from single-sex spaces if 'proportionate'.

The Government said the unanimous decision by five judges brought 'clarity and confidence' for women and service providers, while a Labour Party source said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had brought the party to a 'common sense position' on the subject from an 'activist' stance.

It means that trans women cannot use single-sex female toilets, changing rooms or compete in women's sports, according to the head of Britain's equalities watchdog.

Police Scotland said on Friday it would review its policies on transgender issues in light of the ruling.

Among the groups supporting the London protest are Trans Kids Deserve Better, Pride in Labour, the Front for the Liberation of Intersex Non-binary and Transgender people (Flint) and TransActual.Читать далее