Sturgeon warns trans lives could become ‘unliveable’ after Supreme Court ruling

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(UK) Sturgeon warns trans lives could become 'unliveable' after Supreme Court ruling

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Story by Craig Meighan (6 May 2025)

Nicola Sturgeon has warned that trans lives could become "unliveable" following the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman.

Last month, the UK's highest court ruled the terms "woman" and "sex" in the 2010 Equality Act "refer to a biological woman and biological sex".

Speaking to reporters at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, Ms Sturgeon said she would back a further change in the law to improve trans rights, if new guidance put trans people at risk.

Following the court ruling, the EHRC published interim guidance that said "trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women's facilities" in places like hospitals, shops and restaurants.

"I've spent my life campaigning for the protection and the enhancement of women's rights, and I bow to nobody on that, but I also think it's really important that the tiny, tiny number of people who are trans in this country get to live with dignity and in a way, that they feel safe and accepted in society for who they are.

"I don't believe. I've never believed, and I never will believe, that those two things are inevitably in tension."

The Glasgow Southside MSP said it appeared to her that "a lot of the most vocal commentators on this haven't read the judgment, having read it", before adding that there was a "danger" that certain interpretations could put trans people at risk.