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Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law:

Judge Lord Hodge told the court that "the unanimous decision of this court is that the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex."