"A minute-long video shared with PinkNews and also shared on social media shows members of the group approaching the the watchdog's headquarters in London, smashing windows and spraying pink paint in an act of direct protest."
"BASH BACK, which has taken responsibility for the vandalism, describes itself as a "trans-led direct action project focused on total transgender liberation"."
"The interim guidance recommended organisations and service providers bar trans men and women from single-sex services and spaces, such as changing rooms and toilets, which align with their gender - but added in "some circumstances" trans people could also be barred from spaces based on "biological sex"."
"The commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, outlined in a letter that the UK's "zero-sum approach" to trans rights would lead to a "widespread exclusion of trans people from many public spaces"."
Members of BASH BACK vandalised the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) headquarters in London, smashing windows and spraying pink paint and sharing a minute-long video of the action. BASH BACK identifies as a trans-led direct action project focused on total transgender liberation. The EHRC published interim guidance in April after a UK Supreme Court ruling that defined 'sex' under the 2010 Equality Act as biological sex. The guidance advised organisations to bar trans men and women from single-sex services that align with their gender and allowed exclusions in some circumstances based on biological sex. The guidance drew criticism from trans, LGBTQ+ and human rights organisations and from the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, who warned it would cause widespread exclusion of trans people from public spaces.
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