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04/12/2025, 8:00

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Women’s Institute Redefines Membership Amid Legal Shifts: Trans Women Excluded, Trans Men Included

Following a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of ‘woman’ under UK equality law, the Women’s Institute has announced it will exclude transgender women from membership starting April 2026, while trans men—legally recognized as men but ‘biologically female’—may join. The…