New guidance expected to ban trans women from single-sex spaces including toilets in blow to campaigners

A Supreme Court ruling earlier this year said the terms “woman” and “sex” must be interpreted as biological sex -

Transgender women will be barred from using female-only spaces in schools, hospitals, leisure centres and cinemas under new guidance expected to be submitted to ministers later this month.

Requests from campaigners to water down rules restricting a trans person’s ability to use the services of their chosen gender have reportedly been rejected by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).