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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April (www.theguardian.com)

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The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.

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[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm just saying it's a commonly used term. Wikipedia uses it 12 times and in a very neutral way too from what I can tell.

Searching for the word brings up all kinds of articles that aren't transphobic from what I can tell

I don't doubt some use terms "biological woman" or something in a transphobic and hostile way, but from searching for it, "biological sex" is commonly used (also) as a neutral term.