"TransActual said representatives gave in 10 volumes worth of responses sent to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as part of its consultation on proposed updates to guidance for single-sex service providers, on Wednesday morning (27 August). The nonprofit group said it delivered the 2,800 pages of evidence to both Phillipson and Labour MP Nia Griffiths, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for equalities, after claiming it does not trust the EHRC to "do its job"."
"In a letter to both Phillipson and Griffiths, also hand-delivered, TransActual chair Helen Belcher asked the MPs to "forgive us for not trusting any outcome from the EHRC," which she called "clearly biased". "[The responses] reflect the community's outrage, hurt and horror that unelected judges can overturn, at a stroke and without listening to trans people, the legal understanding we've had for 15 years. " "That the EHRC should immediately rush so gleefully to implement trans-exclusionary policies while denying any 'loss of rights' for trans"
TransActual hand-delivered 2,800 pages of consultation responses in ten volumes to Equality Minister Bridget Phillipson and MP Nia Griffiths. The materials had been submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission as part of its consultation on proposed updates to single-sex service provider guidance. The proposed non-statutory guidance would recommend excluding trans people from using toilets consistent with their gender identity and require ID for bathroom use if implemented. The EHRC received over 50,000 responses and intended to use the findings to amend the guidance over the summer. TransActual expressed distrust in the EHRC's handling and described the commission as 'clearly biased.'
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