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Equalities chief defends guidance on trans exclusion from single-sex services

The head of the equalities watchdog has defended controversial guidance saying transgender people can be legally excluded from single-sex spaces in certain scenarios, and urged calm in the debate. Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human ...

09 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Single-sex services ‘can exclude trans people if proportionate and justified’

Organisations such as refuges and gyms can legally exclude transgender people from single-sex services in certain scenarios, such as to prevent trauma and enable privacy, the equalities watchdog has said. Single-sex services are lawful if a ...

04 Apr 2022 at 15:55

‘Biological males’ should not compete in women’s sports – Boris Johnson

“Biological males” should not compete in women’s sports, while women should have access to single-sex spaces in places such as hospitals and prisons, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson said it seems to him to be “sensible” that ...

06 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Call for single-sex spaces examples ‘will not create transphobic comments’

Kemi Badenoch has appeared to suggest gender-neutral toilets at a school could see young girls avoiding using those shared facilities and ending up with urinary tract infections. The women and equalities minister rejected a claim the ...

01 May 2024 at 10:39

Kemi Badenoch calls for examples of incorrect guidance on single-sex spaces

Kemi Badenoch has called on people to give examples of how public bodies use incorrect guidance on access to single-sex spaces, with an aim to “tackle any confusion” on the matter. The launch of the women and equalities minister’s ...

01 May 2024 at 00:01

Sunak and Starmer commit to protecting single-sex spaces and championing women

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have both committed to protecting women’s rights to single-sex spaces, regardless of whether someone has a gender recognition certificate. The leaders were questioned on the issue during the BBC ...

27 Jun 2024 at 09:36

Scotland

‘Cowardly’ for John Swinney not to issue statement on single-sex spaces

Scotland’s First Minister has been accused of acting “very cowardly” for refusing to set out the Government’s position on single-sex spaces amid a high-profile legal case involving a nurse and a trans doctor. Susan Smith, of ...

22 Feb 2025 at 13:59

Scottish Government should follow law on single-sex spaces, Starmer says

The Prime Minister has said the Scottish Government “should follow the law” on single-sex spaces, amid a high-profile tribunal surrounding a trans doctor using a female changing room. Sir Keir Starmer said he supported ...

23 Feb 2025 at 14:40

Scotland

Ministers ‘committed’ to working with equalities body on single-sex spaces

The Scottish Government is “very committed” to working with the UK’s equalities regulator after it wrote to Holyrood ministers about access to single-sex changing spaces, MSPs have been told. Scottish Social Justice ...

25 Feb 2025 at 16:29

Scotland

Gray blasted for being unable to say how many NHS boards have single-sex spaces

The Health Secretary has been criticised by opposition MSPs after failing to answer how many NHS boards have designated single-sex spaces for women. Scottish Tory MSP Meghan Gallacher said she found it “really ...

02 Apr 2025 at 17:21

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 to amend ...

22 Apr 2025 at 16:48

Scotland

Women’s rights ‘set on fire’ in Scotland, claims Findlay

Women’s rights have been “set on fire” in Scotland, Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has said in a debate about single-sex spaces. Mr Findlay hit out at the Scottish Government, whose push to ...

12 Mar 2025 at 16:35

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