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The courts can only interpret the law. The wording of the law refers to 'sex' i.e. Biological sex, not gender, hence the ruling.
Only the media is talking about the 'definition of a woman'. This is not what the ruling is on.
That isn't to say that the equalities act shouldn't be changed to also include gender, I strongly believe it should and hope against hope that the Labour government will, but it is not in the supreme court's power to enact new law.
Lack of understanding of the legal system leads to a lot of misdirected anger, I'm on your side, but be angry at the right people.