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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Delayed trans guidance branded ‘licence to discriminate on looks’

The Government has said it will not rush publishing new guidance for trans people’s use of certain spaces (Alamy/PA) -

Campaigners have raised fears that new transgender guidance could be a “licence to discriminate based on looks” as the Government vowed not to “rush” its publication.

A report of the leaked guidance, which was handed from the equalities watchdog to ministers almost three months ago, suggests transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on the way they look.

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