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‘I live in a country that hates me’: What’s next for trans people in the UK?

IN DEPTH: In April, the UK’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to five transgender Britons about how they feel the decision has affected their lives, and what comes next

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UK felt safer in the '90s for transgender people, says UK's first trans judge

THE UK felt like a safer place to be transgender in the 1990s than it does now, the country’s first trans judge has said.

The National (Scotland)

Britain felt like a safer place to be trans in the nineties, says UK’s first transgender judge

Giving her first interview since she began the process of taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights, Dr McCloud tells Millie Cooke she no longer sees the UK as a ‘safe place’ for trans people

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UK’s first transgender judge launches case against Supreme Court sex ruling

THE UK’s first trans judge has launched a case against the UK Government in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the Supreme Court's…

The National (Scotland)

Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

Lawyers acting on behalf of Dr McCloud have filed their appeal in the European Court of Human Rights

The Independent UK

UK’s first transgender judge seeks rehearing of supreme court case on biological sex

Exclusive: Victoria McCloud says court undermined her rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear her evidence

The Guardian - UK

The Supreme Court’s sex ruling faces legal challenges – will they succeed?

“I ACTUALLY welcome the judgment because I think it gives real clarity.” Those were the words of Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

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The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making change happen

PRIDE 2025: The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest pioneers over the past 12 months

The Independent UK

Cynthia Erivo and The Vivienne among ‘LGBT+ changemakers’ in 2025 Pride List

The Independent’s Pride List for 2025 also includes Tom Daley, Joe Lycett and Bella Ramsey.

Evening Standard

‘We are disappearing’: Britain’s first trans judge on Supreme Court defeat – and why she’s challenging it

THE PRIDE LIST 2025: Victoria McCloud was publicly promoted as a symbol of diversity in the justice system, but this year it changed her legal sex overnight. The Independent Pride List 2025 winner tells Emma Henderson how vulnerable trans people are leaving Britain and why she’s taking on the Supreme…

The Independent UK

UK's only transgender judge plans to take government to ECHR over biological sex ruling

A controversial decision recently issued by the UK's Supreme Court ruled that existing equalities legislation does not protect trans people from sex discrimination according to their preferred gender.

Euronews

Eurovision winner Nemo takes action after UK court ruling over transgender women

Nemo called the ruling of Britain’s highest court an “attack on trans+ rights”. Doctors at the British Medical Association have condemned the ruling, and now, the UK's only judge to publicly say they are transgender plans to take the UK governement to the European Court of Human Rights.

Euronews

UK's first trans judge planning gender ruling challenge in European Court of Human Rights

Dr Victoria McCloud suggested the UK Supreme Court judgement violated her human rights

Evening Standard

Britain’s first transgender judge takes UK to European court over controversial definition of a woman ruling

Row revolves around Supreme Court ruling trans women are not legally women

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The National (Scotland)

Trans judge to take UK Government to top European court over sex and gender ruling

The UK's first trans judge has announced she is planning on taking the UK Government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the Supreme…

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling

Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex

The Guardian - UK

‘A huge reset’: gender-critical activists and trans rights campaigners react to supreme court ruling

Ruling brings relief and ‘vindication’ for some but others see it as a damaging attack on their rights

The Independent UK

Britain going backwards on trans rights, warns first transgender judge

Exclusive: Pioneering lawyer Victoria McCloud says wave of hostility has led to ‘general acceptance that it’s OK to abuse trans people’

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The Independent Pride List 2024: the LGBT+ people making change happen

The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest change-makers over the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Transgender judge seeks leave to intervene in UK court case over legal definition of ‘woman’

Victoria McCloud wants leave to join litigation in supreme court appeal brought by For Women Scotland

The Independent UK

Former KGB double agent can sue crime agency over revealing identity

Boris Karpichkov is taking legal action after alleging he received death threats after his name and address were given to the Latvian authorities.

The Independent UK

Ex-Russian spy can sue UK crime agency for ‘revealing new identity’, court rules

Boris Karpichkov, former name of double agent, is suing the National Crime Agency for revealing new identity

Evening Standard

Shamed reality star Stephen Bear ordered to pay £207,000 to Georgia Harrison over sex video leak

Reality star Harrison told civil proceedings the leak of the sex tape was her ‘worst nightmare’ and left her feeling ‘violated and used’

Evening Standard

Jailed reality TV star Stephen Bear faces £200,000 payout over Georgia Harrison video

Former Celebrity Big Brother winner is in prison for filming sexual encounter on CCTV in his garden then deliberately sharing the footage online for profit

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