New legal guidance comes into force on single-sex spaces

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9983lv4dlno

New legal guidance comes into force on single-sex spaces

Law across England, Scotland and Wales is clarified following legal win against trans activists

Single-sex spaces open to the public, such as toilets and changing rooms, should be organised based on biological sex, according to official guidance that has come into force.

The code, published by Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), says trans people should use either gender-neutral facilities or the ones that match their biological sex, in places such as gym changing rooms or rape crisis centres.

The guidance was published in June but is now in place in England, Wales and Scotland - despite opposition among some MPs.

It comes 16 months after the UK Supreme Court ruled "sex" in equality law means "biological sex" rather than the gender someone identifies as.

Trans-rights campaigners have called the guidance unworkable, but groups that campaign for sex-based rights welcome the clarity it brings.

The guidance from the EHRC, the equality watchdog for England, Scotland and Wales, provides practical advice for services, public bodies and associations on how they should interpret the 2010 Equality Act.

It applies to organisations as diverse as cafes, leisure centres, public toilets, domestic violence shelters, bowls clubs and many more.

The code says where it is proportionate for facilities, such as public toilets and changing rooms, or services like a rape crisis centre, to be single sex then only those of the same biological sex should use them.

Superb news. A lot of angry men (trans activists) online, but who cares? Women's spaces are now protected under the law and it is as clear as daylight what the law is. A number of legal battles/legal changes have been won on this front in the last two to three years, both in Britain and elsewhere - from men competing in women's sports and so on. Happy to see common sense has won the day.

Well done For Women Scotland who brought and won this legal case last year - and well done campaigners such as JK Rowling, Helen Joyce, Kellie Jay Keen, Maya Forstater, Rosie Duffield MP and Joanna Cherry KC who have stood up to enormous pressure on this issue and won.

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Hackney Council, run by the lunatic Greens, has already been served with a legal notice to abide by the law. Delicious.

Now we must do what the Left has done over the culture wars, and drag them all through the courts.

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JK Rowling has also started her own legal fund to ensure the law is followed.

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