The good news:
This case was fought by the Scottish government, which could now introduce primary legislation in Holyrood to reverse the effect of the decision in Scotland. I expect there would be another fight over this: ‘Equal opportunities’ is, with some exceptions, a Reserved Matter in the Scotland Act 1998. They may well be able to get this in under an exception.
Trans people in England and Wales and NI could not benefit from this, though.
We’ll see how the Scottish govt plays this now.
This case concerned positive discrimination and whether a trans woman appointed to a position with a gender quota would count as a woman. The court said no.
It might be taken to imply that a trans man appointed to a similar position also would not count as a man, but much of the reasoning in the written decision considers only trans women. Maybe a trans man would count as a man if the cause were fought again: stranger things have happened in British law.
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