A biological definition of what is a woman could end “confusion” over access to single sex spaces, the human rights watchdog has declared.
Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch is considering an overhaul of the Equality Act to create a legal distinction between people who were born as women and those who have switched genders to become females.
In what critics could claim is another front on the “culture wars” dividing the country, the former Tory leadership hopeful could act to stop trans women being allowed into single-sex spaces such as women-only hospital wards.
