"In the column, OFI stated that it - alongside SNP national equalities convener Sadie Matthews - moved a resolution at the SNP's policy-making body, the National Council, earlier this month rejecting the Equality and Human Rights Commission's controversial proposals on access single-sex spaces made following the UK Supreme Court ruling in April, which decided the definition of 'sex' for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act refers to "biological sex" only."
"In its interim guidance, the EHRC recommended organisations, businesses and service providers bar trans men and women from using single-sex services and spaces, such as changing rooms and toilets, which align with their gender. It also added in "some circumstances" trans people could be barred from spaces that align with their "biological sex" as well - as per the Supreme Court's language."
"The EHRC later clarified these "circumstances" referred to situations where "reasonable objection" could be taken to a trans person's presence in a gendered space, such as in female spaces when "the gender reassignment process has given [a trans man] a masculine appearance or attributes". In the months since the ruling and publication of the interim guidance, trans, LGBTQ+ and wider human rights groups and activists - as well as some MPs - have warned that such measures could lead to the "widespread exclusion" of trans people from public life."
Out for Independence (OFI) called on Scottish National Party leaders to stand up for trans rights and highlighted the party's record on LGBTQ+ rights. OFI and SNP national equalities convener Sadie Matthews moved a National Council resolution rejecting the Equality and Human Rights Commission's proposals on access to single-sex spaces after the UK Supreme Court ruled the Equality Act's definition of 'sex' refers to biological sex. The EHRC's interim guidance recommended organisations bar trans people from single-sex services aligning with their gender and allowed exclusion in some circumstances. The EHRC clarified those circumstances could involve "reasonable objection" based on appearance. Human rights groups and some MPs warned the measures could cause widespread exclusion of trans people, and several organisations have already taken steps to exclude trans people from certain spaces.
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