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Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public evidence session on the controversial Gender ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Equality regulator probing DWP over treatment of disabled benefits claimants

The equality regulator is investigating the Department for Work and Pensions over suspicions that its treatment of disabled benefits claimants broke equality laws. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride and some of his predecessors are ...

22 May 2024 at 09:45

Tories press the Government to clarify the definition of sex

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in this area”. She added that providers ...

13 Nov 2024 at 15:37

Actress’s discrimination claim against Bafta thrown out of High Court

An actress’s harassment and discrimination claim against Bafta has been thrown out by a judge after it was filed at the wrong court. India Eva Rae alleged in her now halted High Court challenge that she was “mistreated” and ...

15 Dec 2023 at 10:17

Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told

A decision to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners complied with the Equality Act 2010, the Attorney General has told a court. The Court of Session in Edinburgh is hearing a legal challenge brought by pensioners ...

14 Mar 2025 at 16:36

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....

16 Oct 2025 at 11:10

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Airbnb host with HIV ‘distraught’ after guest left blood tests leaflet behind in ‘horrific’ case of apparent homophobia

A gay Airbnb host living with HIV was left “unsettled, confused, and distraught” after a guest filed a complaint against him, suspending his account, and left a blood tests leaflet “prominently” on his windowsill ...

13 Jun 2023 at 15:53

Nurse Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim against NHS Fife

A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment in her employment tribunal case against a health board, but other allegations of discrimination ...

08 Dec 2025 at 16:33

Aspects of Peggie tribunal findings ‘hugely problematic for women’ – solicitor

A solicitor representing a nurse who objected to sharing a female changing-room with a transgender doctor has said aspects of the judgment in an employment tribunal are “hugely problematic for women”. ...

08 Dec 2025 at 19:23

Somerville cannot say when new guidance on single-sex spaces will be issued

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has said she is not able to say when fresh guidance on single-sex spaces will be issued following last week’s Supreme Court ruling. Shirley-Anne Somerville did vow ...

22 Apr 2025 at 16:48

Sarwar: I would consider future gender reforms at Holyrood

Anas Sarwar has said he would consider future gender recognition reforms if a new Bill was brought to Holyrood. The Scottish Labour leader told the PA news agency he has been “clear” his party made ...

17 Apr 2025 at 12:55

Equalities regulator ‘concerned’ by reports of Government transitioning guide

The UK equalities regulator has written to both the Scottish Government and NHS Fife about staff access to single-sex changing facilities. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it ...

21 Feb 2025 at 19:38

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