Why Britain’s first transgender judge quit her job and moved to rural Wexford – ‘For many the only option is Ireland’

Why Britain’s first transgender judge quit her job and moved to rural Wexford – ‘For many the only option is Ireland’

Back in April, the UK Supreme Court handed down a ruling that, going forward, the legal definition of a woman would be based on biological sex. Judges noted that “the concept of sex is binary” in a decision with far-reaching implications around who can access single-sex services and spaces.

‘For a lot of people it’s the only option’: Why Britain’s first transgender judge quit her job and moved to rural Ireland

Back in April, the UK Supreme Court handed down a ruling that, going forward, the legal definition of a woman would be based on biological sex. Judges noted that “the concept of sex is binary” in a decision with far-reaching implications around who can access single-sex services and spaces.

The trans judge who refuses to comply and is taking the UK to the European Court of Human Rights

TL;DR: In its annual scrutiny session at the parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee, the outgoing EHRC chair Baroness Krishwar argued that Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights didn’t apply to Trans+ people, just a day before Strasbourg affirmed it did.In an annual scrutiny session, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) chair Baroness Falkner argued in parliament that Trans+ people didn't have the right to privacy unde…