"Interim advice issued after the judgment by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) effectively banned transgender people from using facilities according to their lived gender and allowed services to request birth certificates to ensure single-sex services were protected. Its formal guidance, understood to be similar, was submitted last month to Bridget Phillipson, the minister for women and equalities and also the education secretary, who must decide whether to accept it."
"O'Flaherty said there was a tendency in the UK to see the human rights of different groups as a zero-sum game. He added: This has contributed to narratives which build on prejudice against trans people and portray upholding their human rights as a de facto threat to the rights of others. Such a zero-sum approach risks certain inferences being drawn from the UK supreme court judgment that could lead to widespread exclusion of trans people from many public spaces."
An April UK Supreme Court judgment ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Interim EHRC advice after the judgment prevented transgender people from using facilities according to their lived gender and allowed services to request birth certificates to protect single-sex services. Formal EHRC guidance, reportedly similar, was submitted to Bridget Phillipson for decision. Michael O'Flaherty warned that treating human rights as a zero-sum game fuels prejudice against trans people and risks widespread exclusion from public spaces. Such exclusion could severely restrict equal participation in society. Clear guidance is needed to minimise exclusion and protect against discrimination.
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