The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission's guidance on trans citizens' access to single-sex spaces has significant implications for their legal recognition and rights.

> The Discrimination Of Being And Indeterminate Sex On Thursday last the UK EHRC, which is in theory at least tasked with improving equalities and human rights, released its guidance to Parliament regarding trans citizens access to single sex spaces, and it is fair to say the guidance is devastating. But first a little history. Back in the early 2000s in a case brought before the ECtHR it was ruled that the UK was in breach of human rights law, in that the UK defacto rendered trans citizens an indeterminate third gender. This ruling resulted in the GRA 2004 and the EA 2010 resulting in trans people being legally recognised as our acquired gender, within certain bounds. This existed for a decade until it was in essence overturned by the Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 which ruled that under the EA 2010, sex meant "biological sex" without establishing what this means. This created further confusion because, under the EA 2010 it was already possible to discriminate against trans people, albeit with a high bar, on a case by case basis and in order to achieve a legitimate aim. In short, it was always possible for women's groups to exclude trans women albeit within certain bounds. This guidance now mandates that trans women only use men's facilities and trans men use women's facilities, unless they look too feminine or masculine in which case they may not, in which case some undefined "third space" must be used. This puts trans people at risk and also forcibly outing us, which is itself against the law. As for the risk, it is highly likely that any such space would become known as "tranny toilets" with all the risk of violence that entails. A more chilling possibility is that such guidance would make it effectively impossible for any trans person in the future to medically transition. This is due to the highly pathologised nature of trans medicine whereby a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which does not exist in ICD11, is required for medical transition and a key part of this is demonstrating living within acquired gender, including the use of appropriate gendered spaces. This guidance will make that last part impossible and illegal. The practical result of this will be to drive trans people from public life. How for example can we go to the pub with our friends if we are unable to use the toilet? This must be protested and fought against as the impact will not end with trans people, indeed, already we are seeing cis women being impacted if they do not look feminine enough. To this end protests are due to be held across the UK with some already having been held. This is regressive, and must not stand. #Trans #Transgender #TransgenderUK

> The Discrimination Of Being An Indeterminate Sex On Thursday last the UK EHRC, which is in theory at least tasked with improving equalities and human rights, released its guidance to Parliament regarding trans citizens access to single sex spaces, and it is fair to say the guidance is devastating. But first a little history. Back in the early 2000s in a case brought before the ECtHR it was ruled that the UK was in breach of human rights law, in that the UK defacto rendered trans citizens an indeterminate third gender. This ruling resulted in the GRA 2004 and the EA 2010 resulting in trans people being legally recognised as our acquired gender, within certain bounds. This existed for a decade until it was in essence overturned by the Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 which ruled that under the EA 2010, sex meant "biological sex" without establishing what this means. This created further confusion because, under the EA 2010 it was already possible to discriminate against trans people, albeit with a high bar, on a case by case basis and in order to achieve a legitimate aim. In short, it was always possible for women's groups to exclude trans women albeit within certain bounds. This guidance now mandates that trans women only use men's facilities and trans men use women's facilities, unless they look too feminine or masculine in which case they may not, in which case some undefined "third space" must be used. This puts trans people at risk and also forcibly outing us, which is itself against the law. As for the risk, it is highly likely that any such space would become known as "tranny toilets" with all the risk of violence that entails. A more chilling possibility is that such guidance would make it effectively impossible for any trans person in the future to medically transition. This is due to the highly pathologised nature of trans medicine whereby a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which does not exist in ICD11, is required for medical transition and a key part of this is demonstrating living within acquired gender, including the use of appropriate gendered spaces. This guidance will make that last part impossible and illegal. The practical result of this will be to drive trans people from public life. How for example can we go to the pub with our friends if we are unable to use the toilet? This must be protested and fought against as the impact will not end with trans people, indeed, already we are seeing cis women being impacted if they do not look feminine enough. To this end protests are due to be held across the UK with some already having been held. This is regressive, and must not stand. #GPEW #Greens #TransgenderUK