A transgender pride flag is displayed at a booth during Portland Pride on July 21, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)New guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has been slammed by campaigners for being “exclusionary” and weakening wider LGBTQ+ protections.
The equalities watchdog has ruled that single-sex spaces, like changing rooms and toilets, can only be used on the basis of biological sex.
It states transgender people should instead use a third or a gender-neutral space.
It also warns that leaving the community without access to any services or facilities would be unlikely to be proportionate and could be discriminatory.
The EHRC’s delayed code of practice comes after the Supreme Court r...
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