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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caspar Barnes

MAFS first trans star warns UK Supreme Court ruling could amplify abuse

Married at First Sight’s first trans star has warned the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on a definition of a woman could amplify abuse.

Five judges from the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex on Wednesday (16 April), in a decision that could have wide-ranging ramifications for trans women’s rights to use services and spaces reserved for women.

Speaking exclusively to The Independent, television presenter and MAFS star Ella Morgan said: “I now feel like my rights have been taken away.”

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