The group won a Supreme Court case in April last year, with judges at the UK’s highest court making clear that the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers to a biological woman. Aidan O’Neill KC, representing FWS, told the court the current Scottish Prison Service (SPS) policy of holding some trans women in the women’s prison estate is “just wrong”. He said 51 of those prisoners were trans women, and that 14 were housed on the women’s prison estate. He added that three of the 22 trans male prisoners were housed on the male estate. He added: “Why is it women have to bear the cost of allowing trans-identifying male prisoners to live out their chosen identity”.

Source: The Times February 03, 2026 23:11 UTC