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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

EHRC urged to extend consultation on post-supreme court ruling gender guidance

Unisex bathroom sign
The updated code is intended to set out the ruling’s impact on single-sex spaces such as toilets and changing rooms. Photograph: CRobertson/Getty Images/iStockphoto

More than 20 leading charities and service providers have urged the equalities watchdog to extend a consultation to devise guidance on the landmark supreme court ruling about gender, saying the current timetable is too rushed for proper engagement.

In a letter seen by the Guardian, organisations including Refuge, the UK’s largest charity for women affected by domestic abuse, and the mental health charity Mind, say the six-week consultation risked creating “rushed” guidance.

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