Guidance
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MPs Josh Dean and Chris Hinchliff under fire for ‘pointless’ posturing on Equality Act guidance
“Among MPs’ many roles, one of the most important is as legislators. The ignorance of the law on view in this Early Day... - Helen Joyce
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Attacks by trans activists force equalities watchdog to move office
“It’s scandalous that the EHRC had to move offices after ugly protests and vandalism by trans activists.” - Fiona McAnena
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Parliament offers staff mental health support over new trans guidance
“What message does this send to the many women in the parliamentary estate who are delighted by the prospect that their sex-based rights... - Helen Joyce
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The new EHRC code isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets – it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces
Susanna Rustin for The Guardian wrote that the EHRC code of practice protects a range of vital single-sex spaces, not just toilets, and...
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Single sex space guidance published by Government
“Any business, charity or public service provider that took a wrong turn and started letting men who identify as women use women’s spaces... - Maya Forstater
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Labour’s trans guidance ‘poses danger to women’
“Sex is not special category data. It is ordinary personal data which can be used routinely, just like other personal information such as... - Maya Forstater
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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’,... - Maya Forstater
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Transgender people should NOT be asked what sex they are in toilets, long-awaited guidance from Britain’s equalities watchdog states
“It’s absurd to say that it is ‘unlikely to be either practical or appropriate’ to ask an individual what sex they are in... - Maya Forstater
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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... - Maya Forstater
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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” - Maya Forstater
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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” - Maya Forstater
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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... - Maya Forstater
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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.” - Maya Forstater
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Keir Starmer accused of treating women’s rights as ‘negotiable’ as Government continues to delay rules on single-sex spaces
“Women whose appearance has been altered through hormones and surgery to look like men, many of whom are young and vulnerable, need to... - Maya Forstater
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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... - Fiona McAnena