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  • UK activist Susan Smith says Aussie women are treated as ‘second-class citizens’

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    British activist Susan Smith, who successfully won a UK court case which determined a woman is someone born biologically female, says it is ‘appalling’ how women are treated in Australia. Exclusive: A British activist who successfully brought a UK court case which determined a woman is someone born biologically female said she is astonished that women…

  • Trans activists deface statue of feminist hero Millicent Fawcett

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    Thousands protest in London over Supreme Court’s ruling on definition of a woman Trans rights activists defaced a statue of Millicent Fawcett during a protest against the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman. The Parliament Square statue of the suffragist, a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in the 19th century, was daubed with graffiti reading…

  • Why did we need a court of law to tell us what a woman is?

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    No man, whether it’s a 6’5” bloke called Dave or a genderfluid lad who’s taken estrogen, will be legally treated as a woman in the UK. I’m glad this ruling has been made, but I’m bemused – and kind of scared – that we needed it. Why did we need a court of law to…

  • U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act

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    Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists. The Supreme Court in Britain ruled on Wednesday that trans women do not fall within the legal definition of women under the country’s equality legislation. The landmark judgment, which said that the legal…