The EHRC interim statutory guidance has dropped here:
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgment
It is statutory guidance, which means that UK government, schools, businesses and everything from book clubs to large multinationals must, by law follow it.
It is completely devoid of any mitigating nuance, which is something that anyone with even a basic understanding of UK politics would have expected, given the history and statements of the leader of the EHRC, Baroness Falkner.
Headlines:- There is an outright prohibition on trans people using facilities, change, bathrooms and all other facilities aligned other than their sex registered at birth: "trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women's facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men's facilities"
- It is also allowed to ban you from ALL AND ANY sex based services, even those aligned with your birth gender: "the law also allows trans women (biological men) not to be permitted to use the men's facilities, and trans men (biological woman) not to be permitted to use the women's facilities"
- You only have to make sure that there is a single facility for trans people somewhere, and you only need to do that where you have provided single sex facilities for both sexes. "where facilities are available to both men and women, trans people should not be put in a position where there are no facilities for them to use"
- Trans people HAVE TO BY LAW be banned from single sex groups of any type, of 25 people or more, for example if you have a women's rambling/hiking group' or a 'book/birdwatching club for men', they must by law exclude trans people. "Membership of an association of 25 or more people can be limited to men only or women only and can be limited to people who each have two protected characteristics. It can be, for example, for gay men only or lesbian women only. A women-only or lesbian-only association should not admit trans women (biological men), and a men-only or gay men-only association should not admit trans men (biological women)."
Non-stealth trans people can reasonably expect to be removed from virtually all single sex facilities groups and services in the UK such as toilets in shops, change rooms in gyms and clothing stores, hospital wards, book clubs, swim class, work bathrooms.
I speak in another thread about what this means for you and what I suggest you should do to survive in the UK. (Spoiler: Its get out if you can.)
There will be a public consultation on the full set of regulations. "The consultation will be launched in mid-May and last for two weeks". I would not expect it to be an honest consultation, given the very short consultation period, the history of transphobia including high profile resignations from the EHRC on grounds of transphobia, from the statutory organisation that is supposed to be protectors of trans people, and the whole organisation is a complete stitch up with a history of only consulting with anti-trans groups,
the final review is likely to be more restrictive than this, unless there is massive pushback in the meantime.
Stay safe out there people.
Quote from: kira21 ♡♡♡ on April 27, 2025, 03:18:42 AMThe EHRC interim statutory guidance has dropped here: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgmentIt (https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgmentIt) is statutory guidance, which means that UK government, schools, businesses and everything from book clubs to large multinationals must, by law follow it.
Thanks Kira,
But the link seems broken: This page could not be found (https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgmentIt)
~ Lilis 💗
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgment?return-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equalityhumanrights.com%2Fsearch%3Fkeys%3DInterim%2Bguidance
Try this. This is an overview and a link to the pdf of the full text.