18 h. ago Toilet access should follow biological sex but trans people still need facilities, UK watchdog says

EHRC releases guidance in response to supreme court ruling, saying trans men and women need ‘suitable alternatives’The UK’s equalities watchdog has said trans women and men “should not be put in a position where there are no facilities for them to use” as it issued interim guidance after the supreme court ruling on biological sex.Trans women “should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities” in workplaces or public-facing services like shops and hospitals, the EHRC said, and the same applies to trans men, who are biologically female, using men’s toilets. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Transgender women should not be allowed to use female toilets, according to the government's equality watchdog

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued their guidance to charities and public sector organisations following the Supreme Court's ruling.

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26 h. ago Scottish Government seeks to work with equalities watchdog after gender ruling

The Scottish Government lost a high-profile case at the UK Supreme Court to campaign group For Women Scotland earlier this month.

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27 h. ago Scottish Government keen to work with equalities watchdog after gender ruling

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published updated guidance.

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28 h. ago Trans women should be barred from female toilets, Britain's equality watchdog recommends

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret the landmark Supreme Court judgement

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1 week ago British Transport Police confirms search policy change in light of gender ruling

It came as the head of the equalities watchdog branded the court judgment ‘enormously consequential’.

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1 week ago NHS has to change transwomen patient guidance as new rules loom after court ruling, says equalities watchdog

Trans men and women are ‘worried that people are coming after their right to exist’, an MSP has said following the Supreme Court’s ruling

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1 week ago New rules for public bodies expected ‘by summer’ after UK gender ruling

Equalities watchdog chair says code of practice will give clarity and adds trans people’s rights ‘must be respected’Updated guidance for public bodies after the UK supreme court’s ruling that a woman is defined in law by biological sex is expected to be issued by the summer, the head of the equalities regulator said on Thursday.Lady Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, described the ruling as “enormously consequential”, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We are going to have a new statutory code of practice, statutory meaning it will be the law of the land, it will be interpreted by courts as the law of the land. We’re hoping we’re going to have that by the summer.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gender ruling ‘a victory for common sense, but only if you recognise trans people exist’, says equalities watchdog – live

Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission says trans people ‘have rights, and their rights must be respected’The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested that there may be legal challenges around the efficacy of gender recognition certificates (GRC) ahead.Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme if yesterday’s supreme court ruling had rendered the legal document worthless, Kishwer Falkner said:I think the next stage of litigation may well be tests as to the efficacy of the GRC, and or other areas. We don’t believe they are [worthless]. We think they’re quite important.But I think there will be other areas, I mean, the Government is thinking of digital IDs, and if digital IDs come in, then what documentation will provide the identity of that person? So it’s going to be a space that we’ll have to watch very carefully as we go on.It’s a victory for common sense, but only if you recognise that trans people exist. They have rights, and their rights m...

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1 week ago NHS Fife urged to concede Sandie Peggie case after Supreme Court ruling

Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said the NHS health board does not ‘have a leg to stand on’

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2 w. ago GMP enforcing new police powers with five men sent to prison

Five men have been sent to prison as a result

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2 w. ago NHS Fife trying to ban public from online viewing of trans doctor tribunal case

The hearings in February could initially be viewed virtually by members of the public, however the judge later restricted virtual access to accredited media.

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2 w. ago Health board seeks to restrict online viewing of tribunal involving trans doctor

NHS Fife has requested only media be allowed to watch the livestream of the case brought against it by nurse Sandie Peggie.

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2 w. ago NHS Fife in legal bid to ban public watching trans doctor Beth Upton tribunal online

NHS Fife says the livestream was marred in ‘technical issues and interruptions’ which led to ‘significant delays’ in proceedings.

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3 w. ago NHS Fife could face enforcement powers after row with equalities watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission 'wrote to NHS Fife to remind them of their obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty' after the high-profile case.

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3 w. ago Human rights watchdog considering enforcement against NHS Fife over Dr Beth Upton transgender case

Nurse Sandie Peggie, who has worked at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for 30 years, took the Fife health board and Dr Beth Upton to tribunal after being suspended

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3 w. ago Equalities watchdog to consider enforcement powers after NHS Fife exchange

The Equality and Human Rights Commission had earlier sought to remind the health board of its ‘obligations’.

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