Welcome to the State of the World, November edition. Here are the stories that caught my attention this month. Cambridge oldest women only collage supports trans women Cambridge’s oldest women-only college has stated it’ll keep admitting trans women, even after the Supreme Court ruled a woman means a biological female. Newnham College, which has feminist Germaine Greer, actress Emma Thompson and presenter Clare Balding among its alumni, has created a gender policy stating it is open to all female applicants – including transgender women. Although it has been accepting trans-identified males since 2017, its new policy document enshrines their ability to access the single-sex space.