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British Transport Police amends strip-searching policy after supreme court gender ruling

Male officers would carry out searches on trans women, BTP says, as it ‘reviews implications of ruling’

The Guardian - UK

Seek legal advice on NHS trans staff policy, gender-critical group urges Government

THE Scottish Government has been urged to seek legal advice on a new NHS Scotland policy which would formally permit transgender staff to use…

The National (Scotland)

No signs of distress after interaction with trans doctor, nurse tells tribunal

Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about Dr Beth Upton sharing a female changing area in Victoria Hospital, Fife.

Evening Standard

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Supreme court urged to recognise ‘facts of biological reality’ in sex definition case

Scottish campaigners challenge ruling that found it lawful for guidance to extend definition of ‘woman’ to trans women with GRC

The Guardian - UK

New British Transport Police Policy Allowing Transgender Officers To Strip Search Women Draws Outrage

The BTP's new strip search policy for transgender officers has sparked backlash, with critics citing potential violations of women's rights and concerns over degrading treatment.

International Business Times UK

Guidance on treatment of transgender pupils poses legal risks, say unions

Teachers and school leaders in England call government proposals vague, leaving them vulnerable to losing court cases

The Guardian - UK

Joanna Cherry calls for review into impacts of 'extreme trans rights activism'

Ministers have been urged to hold a rapid review into “the impact of extreme trans rights activism on women’s rights”.

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Ministers urged to review impact of ‘extreme trans rights activism’

SNP MP Joanna Cherry called on the Government to condemn ‘violence and intimidation’ against women by trans rights campaigners.

The Independent UK

People’s History Museum issue apology after 'gender critical' group host boardroom meeting

“We are deeply upset by the situation"

Manchester Evening News

Scottish Labour frontbencher pulls out of gender critical event after complaint

Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow region, was due to hold an event titled “The Meaning of Sex Under the Equality Act 2010”

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch could rewrite law to allow trans exclusion from single-sex spaces

Redefinition of sex as ‘biological sex’ in Equality Act would enable single-sex restrictions against trans people

The Guardian - UK

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

Campaigners want to update 2010 legislation to specify that ‘sex, male, female, man and woman mean biological sex’.

The Independent UK

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has criticised UKA after it said it was too risky to ban trans women from female events without a change in the law

The Guardian - UK

'98 per cent of public want to keep separate toilets for men and women'

Survey polled 7,000 people after some high street stores introduced gender-neutral loos to be more welcoming to transgender people

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The Guardian - UK

Why gender identity should be left out of the ‘conversion therapy’ ban

Letter: Evidence shows that the majority of gender-distressed children who are not ‘affirmed’ in their cross-sex identification outgrow those feelings, write Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce

The Guardian - UK

Campaign groups to save women’s cycling classic hit by trans rights row

Sex Matters and Fair Play for Women are ready to make up a £15,000 shortfall after the CiCLE Classic’s sponsor pulled out in protest at British Cycling’s suspension of its transgender policy

The Independent UK

Gender activists: ‘We are not afraid to be called women rather than womb-havers’

The activists said single-sex spaces which should exclude transgender women include sports competitions, toilets and some hospital wards.

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