A judge has ruled against For Women Scotland’s bid to have trans women removed from an act which aims to increase the number of women on public boards.
The ‘Gender Representation on Public Boards’ act was first introduced in 2016, and was challenged by For Women Scotland two years later, with the group raising over £100,000 for the legal battle where organisers argued that the inclusion of trans women “goes against the very grain of the Equality Act 2010.”However, on March 23, Scottish supreme court judge Lady Wise announced the group had lost its case, saying: “The 2016 Act was within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and does not offend against the fundamental principle of equality of treatment.” Wise noted that she.