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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks

UK equalities watchdog urges Scotland to pause gender recognition reforms

Baroness Kishwer Falkner is the EHRC chair.
Baroness Kishwer Falkner is the EHRC chair. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The UK’s equalities watchdog has written to the Scottish government asking it to pause plans to simplify the legal requirements for gender recognition.

LGBT+ equality campaigners hit back at the unexpected intervention by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, describing its approach as “deeply troubling” and “failing to stand up for equality for trans people”.

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