EHRC Trans Guidance Compared To Policies From 'Trump's America' By Campaigners

This will define "Labour's LGBTQ legacy," according to Trans Solidarity Alliance.

Political Correspondent

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 ruled that sex in the Equality Act refers to biological sex in 2025.

Councils, NHS trusts and businesses had postponed updating their policies on how to accommodate for single-sex spaces while waiting for the EHRC advice.

MPs and peers now have 40 days to raise their own concerns about the advice before it becomes statutory.

However, campaign groups have warned........

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