"Earlier this year, the UK Supreme Court issued its verdict in the case of For Women Scotland vs Scottish Ministers, deciding that the protected characteristic of sex in the 2010 Equality Act referred to biology only and so excluded trans people. In the wake of the ruling, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published interim guidance which recommended service providers ban trans men and women from single-sex services and facilities, adding that in "some circumstances", transgender people could also be barred from spaces, based on "biological sex"."
"It was later clarified that the "circumstances" related to where "reasonable objection" could be taken to a trans person's presence, such as in female spaces, when "the gender reassignment process has given [a trans man] a masculine appearance or attributes". The EHRC staged a consultation period on the updating of its Code of Practice, which was extended from two weeks to six after pressure from the Women and Equalities Committee and trans groups, who criticised the limitations of the original time period."
"In September, the EHRC announced it had sent a finished version of the Code to equalities minister - and favourite to become Labour's deputy leader - Bridget Phillipson. A leak published The Times suggested the guidance would not be too dissimilar to what was outlined in the interim guidance. The final version has not been made public yet but numerous groups have called the proposals inherently transphobic and claimed they could breach international human rights laws."
The UK Supreme Court ruled in For Women Scotland vs Scottish Ministers that the protected characteristic of sex in the 2010 Equality Act refers to biological sex only, excluding trans people. The Equality and Human Rights Commission issued interim guidance recommending service providers ban trans men and women from single-sex services and permitting exclusion in some circumstances based on "biological sex." The EHRC clarified that "circumstances" could include "reasonable objection" to a trans person's presence where gender reassignment produced masculine appearance or attributes. A consultation period was extended from two to six weeks, and a completed Code was sent to equalities minister Bridget Phillipson amid warnings that proposals are transphobic and may breach international human rights law.
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