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In a video message to GBN members, presenter Bev Turner has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which confirms that biological sex is a legally recognised and immutable characteristic under UK law.Speaking shortly after hosting Britain's Newsroom, Turner described the decision as “historic” and said it brings much-needed clarity to the debate surrounding gender recognition and sex-based rights.She said, “It’s like the stuff of satire that we should even be having to have that conversation. But today, common sense has ruled - has reigned supreme - in the Supreme Court.”The ruling comes in the context of the 2010 Equality Act and the use of gender recognition certificates, particularly in Scotland, where individuals could legally change their gender status through a certificate process.

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00:00So I'm just off air from what was a very busy show of Britain's Newsroom this morning.
00:05We had this historic ruling from the Supreme Court that a woman is biologically born a woman, female.
00:15Now, it's like the stuff of satire that we should even be having to have that conversation.
00:19But of course, this is in response to the Gender Equality Act from 2010,
00:23which has been used in accordance or alongside with gender recognition certificates in Scotland
00:30so that anybody who defines themselves as a woman could buy for £6 a certificate to say I'm a woman.
00:36Therefore, I can compete in women's sports in some events and therefore I can also use women's spaces under some circumstances.
00:43Well, today, common sense has ruled, has reigned supreme in the Supreme Court.
00:50And I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief because this is about recognising that we are born in a biological sex,
01:00one of two biological sexes, and that needs to be understood in order to protect women, actually.
01:07And what struck me this morning when we were watching this is that this is always about what is a woman.
01:12We very rarely, almost never, hear the debate about what is a man.
01:16It's almost like we all know what a man is, right?
01:19Men are strong. Men are leaders. Women are a little bit more ephemeral.
01:22We can just be defined as something, you know, slightly different.
01:26Women give birth. We do the most important job in the world.
01:30And so I, for one, am celebrating this morning that we recognise what is a woman.
01:35And when I have this conversation with my children, as I often do, because obviously they are teenagers
01:40and therefore there are people at their school who do not see themselves as boys or girls.
01:44I'm not sure what their parents think about that or encourage them to think like that.
01:48But I can now say to my girls, as of today, and my son, as of today,
01:53there are two biological sexes in the eyes of the law.
01:57And that is a wonderful thing.
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