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The Latest Breaking News from EHRC

Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told after Hampstead ladies pond row

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces

The Independent UK

Blanket rule on trans women in men’s prisons would deny their identity, says Scottish government

SNP’s lawyer argues the ‘mental health and rehabilitation’ of prisoners is more important than their biological sex

The Guardian - UK

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

Evening Standard

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Met Police face £5million bill on new loos and changing areas for its 12 transgender staff

Britain's biggest force assesses cost of new facilities following Supreme Court ruling on definition of 'woman'

Evening Standard

EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair

Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses

The Guardian - UK

Employers told to look at single-sex space policies after nurses’ tribunal

An employment tribunal found nurses suffered harassment which violated their dignity while sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague.

Evening Standard

NHS says it ‘absolutely recognises need’ for revised single-sex spaces guidance

A group of Darlington nurses, after an employment tribunal victory, have accused the Government of dragging its feet on single-sex spaces.

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Darlington nurses accuse Government of dragging feet on single-sex spaces

A tribunal found they suffered harassment which violated their dignity and created ‘a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment’.

Evening Standard

Dame Sarah Anderson obituary

Entrepreneur and founder of the suicide prevention charity The Listening Place

The Guardian - UK

Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism

Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces

The Guardian - UK

Rights group challenges trans-inclusive swimming policy at Hampstead Heath

Allowing entry on the basis of self-identification of gender rather than biological sex is unlawful, high court told

The Guardian - UK

Public should heed new rules on single-sex spaces, says Britain’s equalities chief

Mary-Ann Stephenson says official guidance will not usher in ‘toilet police’ in businesses and public places

The Guardian - UK

Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours

The courts are a clumsy means to negotiate social relationships. Let organisations make up their own minds about inclusion, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Does the NHS trans doctor ruling mean there is no bathroom ban?

Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking

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The Independent UK

EHRC chief hits out at government over human rights

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Rights of protestors, migrant workers and disabled people being ‘failed’ by government, EHRC chief says

The new chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged ministers to “ensure rights are protected across the nation”

The Independent UK

Charities warn new single-sex space guidance poses ‘major risk’ to mental health of trans people

Leading charities including Mind and Samaritans say they are ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed guidance

The Guardian - UK

Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say

Fifteen organisations sign letter expressing deep concern over EHRC guidance being considered by ministers

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The Independent UK

Ex-equalities watchdog head ‘confused’ by Nigel Farage response to racism claims

‘Why can’t he just offer an unreserved apology for any distress caused?’, Baroness Falkner said

The Independent UK

Government accused of delaying crucial guidance on single-sex spaces

The Government says it received draft advice in September – but outgoing EHRC chair says it was sent months before

The Independent UK

Labour has completely abandoned women’s rights, former EHRC chief claims

Kishwer Falkner said Labour was traditionally the ‘party of feminism’ but that the current generation of Labour MPs has ‘lost it’

The Independent UK

Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

The Independent UK

Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, organisation says

The organisation has made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

Evening Standard

Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

The Guardian - UK

Impasse over EHRC single-sex spaces guidance ‘distracting from other issues’

Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman

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