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It is politicians – not regulators – who must make sense of the supreme court’s gender ruling

The chair of Britain’s equalities regulator spoke to MPs this week. But instead of clarity, there was more confusion, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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UK equalities watchdog: transgender people may be asked about gender status in workplace

Trans people who feel they’ve lost rights should ‘distinguish between rights in law and preference for things to be a certain way’, EHCR chair said

The Guardian - UK

MPs fear UK equality watchdog may take months to sign off gender guidance

Exclusive: EHRC insiders believe process could drag on until after its chair is replaced in November

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‘A real mess’: splits emerge in Labour over supreme court’s gender ruling

Growing number of MPs are questioning Keir Starmer’s claim that ruling has brought ‘clarity’ to issue

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EHRC says people could be asked for birth certificates to prove biological sex

The consultation period was extended from two weeks to six ‘in light of the level of public interest’, the Equality and Human Rights Commission said.

Evening Standard

UK equality watchdog to extend gender guidance consultation, say insiders

Exclusive: Six-week deliberation asked for by Commons committee expected to be granted after internal backlash

The Guardian - UK

Equalities watchdog threatened with legal action after saying trans women must use men’s toilets

Exclusive: A leading UK trans rights group says guidance ‘incorrectly states the legal position’ following last month’s landmark Supreme Court ruling on gender

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MPs seek assurance that UK gender guidance will not ignore trans people

Exclusive: Cross-party committee writes to EHRC after concerns it has taken overly literal approach to supreme court ruling

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LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans people

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Labour ministers question Supreme Court's gender ruling in leaked WhatsApps

Leaked WhatsApps have shown several Labour ministers querying the Supreme Court's judgment that women are defined by biology ...

The National (Scotland)

Court ruling on ‘woman’ at odds with UK Equality Act aim, says ex-civil servant

‘Clear premise’ was to give trans and biological women same sex discrimination rights, says official who helped draft act

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NHS warned it must change guidance on single-sex spaces after court ruling

Equality watchdog says health service ‘now has clarity’ as managers draw up new policy for hospitals and surgeries

The Guardian - UK

Trans activists accuse UK equalities chief of ‘overreach’ for suggesting bans

EHRC’s Kishwer Falkner says trans women may be barred from some women’s spaces after supreme court ruling

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How will UK judgment on legal definition of womanhood affect policy?

From the NHS, to sporting bodies and prisons, organisations will have to respond to supreme court ruling

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UK rights commissioner outlines facilities off-limits to transgender women after court ruling

The head of the U.K. Equality and Human Rights Commission says a Supreme Court ruling will exclude transgender women from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams

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NHS to be pursued if gender policies on single-sex wards don’t change, warns equalities watchdog

The current NHS guidance means trans people are accommodated according to their presentation, but Wednesday’s ruling now means wards must accommodate patients based on their biological sex

The Independent UK

What the Supreme Court ruling over the definition of a woman means for prisons, hospitals and schools

From NHS wards to public toilets, what does Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling mean in practice?

Evening Standard

NHS has to change transwomen patient guidance as new rules loom after court ruling, says equalities watchdog

Trans men and women are ‘worried that people are coming after their right to exist’, an MSP has said following the Supreme Court’s ruling

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New rules for public bodies expected ‘by summer’ after UK gender ruling

Equalities watchdog chair says code of practice will give clarity and adds trans people’s rights ‘must be respected’

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Public bodies face 'enforcement' of biological sex policies, watchdog warns

TRANS women cannot use single-sex female toilets, changing rooms or compete in women’s sports ...

Evening Standard

Equalities watchdog to consider enforcement powers after NHS Fife exchange

The Equality and Human Rights Commission had earlier sought to remind the health board of its ‘obligations’.

The National (Scotland)

UK equalities watchdog intervenes in NHS Fife gender changing rooms row

THE UK equalities regulator has intervened in a tribunal about staff access to single-sex changing facilities at NHS Fife ...

Evening Standard

Equalities regulator ‘concerned’ by reports of Government transitioning guide

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it wants to meet with Scotland’s Health Secretary, Neil Gray.

The Independent UK

High childcare costs among issues highlighted in rights watchdog’s report to UN

The EHRC also warned about health inequalities, poverty and worker exploitation.

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UK equality watchdog chair at centre of staff complaints to be given new term

Decision to reappoint Kishwer Falkner angers some staff at Equality and Human Rights Commission

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