The Supreme Court, Queer Nature, and why Darwin is to blame

The Supreme Court, Queer Nature, and why Darwin is to blame

On 16 April 2025, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling about gender.   What the judges said – and the full 88-page document is accessible on the internet – is that in relation to the Equalities Act 2010, the terms ‘sex’, ‘man’ and ‘woman’ refer to biological...
When fiction becomes law

When fiction becomes law

The old stories are the best Or so they told me   Pass them on Pass them on   But the thing about stories Is that they are not always real And fiction can become fact And fact becomes truth And truth Becomes law   Like the one about Nemo You know the...
Life before the Equalities Act 2010

Life before the Equalities Act 2010

Yesterday, the Supreme Court in the UK ruled that the legal definition of ‘a woman’ is based on biology, and biology alone. Not self-identification. Not gender recognition certificates. Not even gender reassignment surgery. What about intersex folk? Er, don’t know....