Tories pledge to re-write Equality Act so trans people can be banned from single-sex spaces.
Tories pledge to re-write Equality Act so trans people can be banned from single-sex spaces.
announced for July 4.
The party said reforming the law would clear up “confusion” for public bodies, businesses and institutions about female-only spaces and make it “simpler for service providers for women and girls, such as those running sessions for domestic abuse victims, to prevent biological males from taking part”.
A change in the law, which has previously been discussed to much controversy and backlash from LGBTQ+ people and groups, could see trans women barred from entering single-sex spaces such as toilets, female prisons and hospital wards even if they have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).
It is unclear how such changes would impact trans men who hold GRCs accessing male-only spaces, as it appears the Tories have conveniently forgotten they exist.
