"The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) took less than a day to draft its interim guidance banning trans people from public spaces, a court document has alleged. The UK's top human rights regulator is accused of taking less than 24 hours to write up recommendations banning trans people from all gendered spaces, including those associated with their sex assigned at birth."
"During the meeting, which concluded at 4:20pm BST on 24 April, the Commission reportedly dictated it was under a "duty to act, and act quickly, to provide guidance on the practical implications of the law." It published the interim guidance in the early hours of 25 April. Who drafted it, how long staff had been preparing material beforehand, and whether draft text existed before the 24 April meeting are matters of internal process, which the Good Law Project will seek to prove in court."
"The much-criticised interim guidance recommended that trans women be barred from women's facilities, such as toilets or changing rooms, and trans men from men's facilities. In some cases, the EHRC said it was permissible to also ban trans people from services that align with their biological sex, as the Supreme Court also found that it might be proportionate to exclude a trans man from a women's single-sex service."
The Equality and Human Rights Commission produced interim guidance on gendered spaces in under 24 hours after a Supreme Court ruling defined 'woman' by biological sex. Documents from the Good Law Project allege a special board meeting on 24 April concluded with a directive to act quickly, and the guidance was published in the early hours of 25 April. The interim guidance recommended barring trans women from women’s facilities and trans men from men’s facilities, and allowed exclusion from services aligned to biological sex in some cases. The guidance was scrapped in October. A related final draft was sent to equalities minister Bridget Phillipson for consideration and may be laid before Parliament if approved.
Read at PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]