- The Cambridge Dictionary updates its definitions of “woman” and “man” to include trans-identified individuals, adding to its definition of “woman”: “An adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”
- A Scottish judge rules that males with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) can legally be defined as women under legislation aiming to ensure gender balance on public boards. Last year, For Women Scotland took the Scottish Government to court over its definition of “women” in the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. The intention of the Act is to ensure that non-executive members on public boards are made up of at least 50% women.
- The recently-fired Loudon County Schools superintendent is indicted by a special grand jury on charges that include retaliation against an employee for appearing in court, adding to ongoing controversy over failure to handle two incidents involving a trans-identified male student sexually assaulting female classmates in the girls’ bathroom.
- U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner is free after 10 months in Russian custody, arrested for carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil.