The Equality and Human Rights Commission plans to implement guidance that would restrict transgender individuals from accessing single-sex facilities based on their gender identity. This policy could impact access to restrooms and changing rooms within various public service organizations including schools and hospitals. A specific provision allows for exclusion even from spaces that align with a trans individual's biological sex, should the service provider argue it prevents distress or alarm for others. The decision follows a U.K. Supreme Court ruling regarding the legal status of trans women.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is expected to submit guidance banning transgender people from single-sex facilities, potentially excluding them even from spaces aligning with their assigned sex at birth.
A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from a single-sex service is to prevent alarm or distress for other service users, according to the new policy.
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