"Good Law Project said it filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Virgin Active members who argue the new policy discriminates against them because they are trans. It accused the chain of caving to pressure after GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry threatened legal action in February 2025 for allowing trans people the right to use the correct gendered facilities. Good Law Project argued Dewberry's legal threat was based on a misreading of equality law."
"The chain of health clubs updated its inclusion policy in August last year requiring customers to use facilities based on biological sex only. A spokesperson for the company claimed in an email to customers that the changes were made to comply with the law following the FWS v Scottish Ministers judgment, arguing the 2010 Equality Act's definitions of sex' and women' were purely biological."
"The legal petition alleges that one of the claimants, using the pseudonym SP, had used facilities without issue before the policy change but was now expected to use the men's facilities without prior assessments of her wellbeing or circumstances. It further claims that staff members had outed SP to other colleagues without her consent or knowledge, which left her extremely distressed."
Good Law Project has launched legal action against Virgin Active over a policy that excludes transgender people from using changing rooms and toilets consistent with their gender identity. The chain updated its inclusion policy in August to require customers to use facilities based on biological sex only. Virgin Active said the change followed the FWS v Scottish Ministers judgment and cited the 2010 Equality Act's definitions of sex and women as biological. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two members who say the policy discriminates. One claimant, using the pseudonym SP, reports being outed by staff, becoming extremely distressed and reducing gym attendance.
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