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Women’s group urges court to overturn sex identity guidance in census

A women’s campaign group has urged a court to overturn a decision to allow people to self-identify their gender rather than according to their legal status in Scotland’s 2022 census. Guidelines issued by the National Records of Scotland in August ...

02 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Petition backed by JK Rowling to clarify Equality Act nets 100,000 signatures

A JK Rowling-backed petition calling for the Government to clarify equality legislation will be considered in Parliament after it received more than 100,000 signatures. The Harry Potter author was among those to support the proposal which seeks ...

10 Mar 2023 at 16:06

Sport

Mandatory genetic testing in sport not justified, ethical or viable – academics

Mandatory testing of sex chromosomes in sport is neither justified, ethical nor viable, a group of academics say. Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane ...

04 Nov 2024 at 13:58

Sport

Cricket set to follow football in banning transgender women from female events

English cricket is set to join football in banning transgender women from its female competitions, the PA news agency understands. Trans women have been banned from the top two tiers of elite women’s cricket since the start of this year,...

01 May 2025 at 15:49

Transgender women to be barred from playing women’s football by FA and SFA

Sport

Transgender women barred from playing women’s football from June 1 by FA

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football from June 1, 2025, the Football Association has announced. The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month’s UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the ...

01 May 2025 at 12:34

Schools must have single-sex toilets for boys and girls – Scottish Government

Schools in Scotland must provide separate toilets for boys and girls on the basis of biological sex, the Scottish Government has said. However, new guidance says schools can also provide gender neutral toilets for transgender ...

29 Sept 2025 at 20:30

Equalities watchdog urges Government to speed up on single-sex spaces guidance

Britain’s equalities watchdog has urged the Government to hurry up with bringing in new guidance on transgender people’s use of certain spaces as it warned some organisations are currently using unlawful practices. A code of ...

16 Oct 2025 at 11:10

Equalities watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces

The equalities watchdog has issued interim guidance in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling that the term woman is defined by biological sex. Trans women “should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities” in workplaces ...

27 Apr 2025 at 14:55

What does the Supreme Court ruling on definition of a ‘woman’ mean?

The UK’s highest court has unanimously ruled that the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what the ruling means and how ...

16 Apr 2025 at 19:21

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