Trans people can be excluded from single-sex services if ‘justifiable’, says EHRC

Kishwer Falkner, the EHRC’s chair, said its mission ‘is to protect the rights of everyone and ensure that people across Britain are treated fairly’. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Transgender people can be legitimately excluded from single-sex services if the reasons are “justifiable and proportionate”, the government’s equalities watchdog has said.

Guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission says that the justification could be for reasons of privacy, decency, to prevent trauma or to ensure health and safety.