Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

For Women Scotland has criticised how long it has taken for the EHRC’s guidance to be implemented. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and women, according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog.

But the long-awaited guidance also says that businesses and service providers have to offer practical alternatives such as gender-neutral toilets for people who do not wish to use services for their biological sex.