The Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of ‘woman’ is ‘biological female’ should have meant game over for trans rights activists. One would have thought that following last summer’s judgement, there would be no more men in women’s toilets or changing rooms. But in the clearest sign yet that women cannot give up the fight, there comes news that the government is advertising for a senior civil servant to ‘lead on trans equality’.

This is not a minor role. The recruit will be a policy manager at the Cabinet Office, heading up some of the government’s ‘top priorities’. According to the advert, the new member of staff will work as ‘part of the Office for Equality and Opportunity wide team’ with responsibility for ‘handling the implications of the recent supreme court case […], leading on the implications of the ruling on trans people.’ In case potential recruits are in any doubt about where their sympathies should lie, the specification is clear: they will be in charge of ensuring the government can ‘take steps to improve outcomes for trans people in the UK’.

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