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.
Also, the court affirmed certain protections against negative discrimination do continue to apply to trans women. There are two ways this could be read:
The first and most obvious is that trans people of gender x cannot benefit *in general* from positive discrimination in favour of gender x, but can benefit from protection against negative discrimination against gender x.
This would be the better of the two interpretations. Unfortunately …
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