Media coverage — Topic: Equality Act
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Campaigners divided as trans rights activists brand single-sex space rules ‘a mess’
“Service providers have been put on notice that if they respond by getting rid of single sex facilities and going fully ‘gender neutral’,...
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Don’t challenge trans women about their gender, says Phillipson’s new guidance
“The guidance could be clearer that service providers are entitled to ask people to state their sex, and to require an honest answer.”
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Trans women barred from female toilets as campaigners warn ‘no more excuses’
“Finally, there are no more excuses for the many public and private sector organisations that said they were ‘waiting for guidance’ before fixing...
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Measures to protect single-sex spaces must be enacted without delay
Challenging men who use women’s spaces is essential, “otherwise women’s rights to single-sex spaces cannot be enforced”
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Single-sex spaces must be based on biological sex, guidance rules
“If a man walks into a women’s space, it will be not just appropriate to challenge him, but essential”
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Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
“The new guidance is long and detailed, but at its heart is a simple principle: ‘sex’ means what it says – male and...
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Bridget Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets in single-sex guidance
“All the organisations – including the NHS, local councils and government departments – which fell for the lie that equality law required them...
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Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets
“There never was any reason for employers and service providers to wait for this guidance before implementing the law... But once the EHRC’s...
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Single-sex spaces guidance due to be published
“This updated code of practice is long overdue. Confusion flourished during the delay in laying it before Parliament. The publication of its replacement...
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The OfS should appeal against the flawed Sussex free-speech ruling
Maya Forstater wrote for Times Higher Education on the High Court judgment in the University of Sussex’s case against the Office for Students....
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Labour’s shameful betrayal of women: Single-sex space ruling is STILL being ignored by hundreds of public bodies… because ministers let them
“The failure of public bodies to adopt policies based on biological sex has caused untold harm to women and girls. Nobody – including...
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EHRC code expected in May | Maya Forstater on Talk TV
Maya Forstater joins Ian Collins on Talk TV to discuss the announcement that Bridget Phillipson will lay the updated EHRC code of practice...
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Tory councils ordered to enforce single-sex spaces
Poll after poll shows how deeply unpopular gender ideology is among voters across the political spectrum, so “why are these councils wasting time...
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Phillipson delays trans guidance until after elections
“The government has still not brought its own policies into line with the law. Whitehall must withdraw their own unlawful policies”.
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Single-sex space guidance for organisations to be published after May elections
“It’s extraordinary that a year after the Supreme Court judgment... the government has found another excuse for delaying the guidance”.
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Bridget Phillipson accused of using upcoming elections as ‘excuse’ for failing to publish long-awaited guidance on single-sex services a year after landmark Supreme Court ruling
“It’s extraordinary that a year after the Supreme Court judgment, and seven months after the independent regulator first submitted its code of practice,...
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EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender
“The statement that the government has ‘always supported the protection of single-sex spaces’ is a slap in the face to women and girls...
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Government update on EHRC code | Maya Forstater on Talk TV
Maya Forstater joins Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk TV to discuss the announcement that Bridget Phillipson will lay the updated EHRC code of practice...
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“Women are sick of waiting for this guidance” | Fiona McAnena on Times Radio
Fiona McAnena joins Carole Walker on Times Radio to discuss the announcement that Bridget Phillipson will lay the updated EHRC code of practice...
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Phillipson ‘refuses to meet’ women who secured Supreme Court trans ruling
“We are still waiting for Government departments, local authorities, NHS bodies, regulators and publicly funded organisations to bring their policies in line with...
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“It takes courage to stand up for women and girls” | Maya Forstater on GB News
Maya Forstater joins Nana Akua on GB News to discuss Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s latest criticism of Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and...
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Don’t wait for more clarity on single-sex spaces, bosses told
Employers shouldn’t wait for the updated EHRC code of practice and should follow the law as it stands, says Bridget Phillipson. So why...
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What does trans mean and why is there a debate about transgender people’s rights?
Sex Matters, another group involved in the case, called the ruling incredibly important "for the half of humanity who need single-sex spaces".
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Ministers ‘undermining Supreme Court’ by dithering on trans guidance
“The UK Government should be deeply embarrassed to have the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls expressing serious concern about...
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How the NHS became the battleground in the trans debate facing workplaces
“The judge accepted evidence from Sex Matters’ Advisory Group member Professor Jo Phoenix that women are more likely than men to be uncomfortable...