Scottish ministers face legal action over policies ‘inconsistent’ with UK gender ruling

<p>Campaign group that won supreme court case brings challenge over transgender guidance in schools and prisons</p><p>A campaign group that won a legal victory on the definition of gender is taking action against the Scottish government over policies it says are “inconsistent” with the ruling.</p><p>For Women Scotland’s legal battle with Scottish ministers over the definition of a woman ended in the UK’s supreme court, which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/16/critics-of-trans-rights-win-uk-supreme-court-case-over-definition-of-woman">ruled in April </a>that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred to a biological woman and biological sex.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/17/scotland-government-legal-action-uk-supreme-court-gender-ruling">Continue reading...</a>