Un-“sexing” Sex as a Ground for Anti-Discrimination – Oxford Human Rights Hub

Posted June 23rd, 2025 in news by sally

‘There has been significant commentary on UK Supreme Court’s (UKSC) decision which held that the terms “man”, “woman” and “sex” under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) only refer to a cisgender man/cisgender woman. However, there is scope to assess what role separate grounds of ‘sex’ and ‘gender reassignment’ under the EA played in the court’s narrow interpretation of ‘sex’ as “biological”, sex (birth-assigned sex).’

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Oxford Human Rights Hub, 23rd June 2025

Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk