"However, cases of harassment against all people - trans, cis and intersex - have risen in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 Equality Act's definition of a woman. A report, published by TransActual in August, showed that, based only on their appearance, people across the country are being denied access to toilets and changing facilities. One respondent, a cisgender butch lesbian who said they "currently sport a short haircut" and who wears traditionally masculine clothing,"
"Despite evidence to the contrary, gender-critical group LGB Alliance UK recently claimed it was "silly" to suggest that cis people would be affected by a potential trans toilet ban. The gender-critical group's insistence that gender-non-conforming people wouldn't be affected by a law banning trans people from the correct gendered facilities comes after claims that the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC's) updated code of practice on public services was recommending banning people, based on nothing more than their appearance, from toilets and changing rooms."
LGB Alliance UK labeled suggestions that cis people would be affected by a potential trans toilet ban as "silly" and described challenges to gender-non-conforming presentation as occasional and easily resolved with reassurance. Claims emerged that the Equality and Human Rights Commission's updated public services code could recommend banning people from toilets and changing rooms based on appearance. Harassment of trans, cis, and intersex people increased after a Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 Equality Act's definition of a woman. A TransActual report documented people being denied access to facilities for their appearance, including a cis butch lesbian and a trans man.
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