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How does the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s final draft affect trans people?
From the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to the final Code of Practice, campaigners are challenging the final guidance
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Pro-trans groups challenge EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces as rules come into force
Good Law Project’s trans rights lead, Jess O’Thomson, criticised the government’s approach, calling the code of practice “transphobic”
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance condemns EHRC code set to come into force next month
The revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations willcome into force on 5 August
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Over 100 MPs back bid to block Equality and Human Rights Commission’s trans guidance
MPs across multiple parties, including Labour, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats, are calling for the final guidance to be revoked
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance founder marks one year since Supreme Court gender ruling: ‘Our rights were dismantled’
"We have to stand up together and prove that the future is not fixed and rollbacks of rights are not inevitable," Jude Guaitamacchi writes
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Trans people could be barred from single-sex spaces based on appearance, leaked EHRC draft suggests
"It instructs service providers to police this based on appearance and gender stereotypes," says trans activist Jude Guaitamacchi
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Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says EHRC’s single-sex spaces draft is ‘not right’ as she backs trans-rights
"I see absolutely no contradiction in being a woman and also supporting the trans community," says Powell
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Trans campaign group hits out at EHRC as watchdog submits final Code of Practice draft to government
Activists have accused the EHRC of attempting to strip away rights from trans people, amounting to a so-called "trans bathroom ban"
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EHRC to ‘ignore 50%’ of trans consultation responses, claim Good Law Project
It is alleged that “AI will decide whose stories are heard,” after 50,000 responded to consultation
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Petition launched against UK government’s preferred candidate for chair of EHRC due to ‘anti-trans views’
The government announced Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson as its preferred candidate for chair of the EHRC last week
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Equality watchdog slammed after new trans guidance
The EHRC has suggested redefining 'sex' as 'biological sex'.
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Government has ‘no interest’ in banning trans people from single-sex spaces, says Liz Truss
It follows recent reports that the Equality and Human Rights Commission were considering a ban.
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Stonewall calls for UN to review UK equalities watchdog’s status in wake of transphobia claims
It's being supported by the Good law Project and 20 other LGBTQ and trans focused organisations.
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UK equalities watchdog met with anti-trans groups, according to leaks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission's website states it's committed to "freedom, compassion and justice."
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Stonewall ‘deeply troubled’ by UK equality watchdog’s call to pause LGBTQ consultations
"Our communities need and deserve a stronger human rights institution."
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Around 14 per cent of British people admit they’d be uncomfortable living next door to a transgender person
The new study released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission is the first study of prejudice in a decade