The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 is a piece of legislation intended to increase the proportion of women on public boards in Scotland. In 2022, FWS successfully challenged the original act over its inclusion of trans women in its definition of women. For Women Scotland is not 'transphobic'However, their challenge was twice rejected by the Court of Session, which did grant FWS permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. He argued: "It's simple and straightforward if you just stick to men being men, women being women and sex being sex." He told the court Parliament could not have intended for the application of the Equality Act to result in "absurd or nonsensical outcomes".

Source: Express November 26, 2024 17:51 UTC