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NEU says its national women's conference will welcome trans women
By Berny Torre in Harrogate

TEACHERS supported trans colleagues at the National Education Union’s (NEU) annual conference today, after Wednesday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman.

Moving a successful motion for the creation of an annual national women’s conference, Torbay delegate Krystal Murrell-Bourke said that it would welcome “all who identify as women.”

Oldham delegate Laura Butterworth said: “We are a union for all women — what the hell is a biological woman?”

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