A new rule at the Palace of Westminster mandates that individuals use toilets corresponding to their biological sex, excluding transgender people from using facilities that align with their gender identity. This move follows a similar ban at Holyrood in Scotland and is a response to a Supreme Court ruling defining 'sex' and 'woman' in biological terms, effectively limiting access for trans individuals. As per recent guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, considerations of biological sex must dictate access to single-sex spaces, intensifying scrutiny on transgender rights.
The update follows a similar move at Holyrood in Scotland, and comes in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling about how the protected characteristic of "sex" is defined.
The court handed down an 88-page judgement, decreeing that the words "sex" and "woman" referred to "biological sex" and "biological women", thus excluding transgender people.
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