UK’s first trans judge to take UK to European court of human rights

Victoria McCloud (Image: Provided)

Dr Victoria McCloud, the UK‘s first publicly transgender judge, has taken legal action against the UK over the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that, in the context of the Equality Act 2010, the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refer only to “biological women”. Following this ruling, the equality watchdog issued guidance which banned trans people from using the toilet of the gender they identify as.

McCloud, who earlier this year was included in our Attitude 101 list of influential figures, previously sought leave from her position as a judge in order to join the litigation in the case which led to the Supreme Court ruling, however this request was denied. As a result,

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