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One year on: how landmark ruling on single-sex spaces has changed lives

Some campaigners are frustrated at slow pace of change, while those impacted are trying to work out what it means day-to-day

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down

The Supreme Court ruling on April 16 last year confirmed the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act.

Evening Standard

EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender

Changes follow concern that original code created a legal minefield for organisations implementing it

The Guardian - UK

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Jari-Matti Latvala to make ARA debut in Toyota Corolla

The 18-time WRC rally winner will pilot one of two factory Toyotas at the Olympus Rally in April

Motorsport

Music festivals made more accessible for disabled fans

Disabled festival goers will notice a range of accessibility improvements from the moment they apply for an event ticket.

Evening Standard

Human rights boss defends chicken nugget deportation case ruling

The young boy’s aversion to eating ‘the type of chicken nuggets that are available abroad’ was listed in court documents

The Independent UK

Vulnerable child at heart of chicken nugget deportation case, says regulator

The ruling is centred on the rights of Klevis Disha’s 11-year-old son and how he might be impacted if separated from his father.

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Trans people facing ‘workers’ rights crisis’ as court rules employers can ban trans women from using female toilets

But a High Court judge said service providers should be ‘guided by common sense and benevolence’ when providing toilet facilities to trans people

The Independent UK

Good Law Project loses challenge to interim EHRC advice on single-sex spaces

Judge rejects argument that advice is legally flawed and excludes trans people from services they have long used

The Guardian - UK

Rejecting Muslim hostility definition sends message ‘your safety doesn’t matter’, peer says

Shaista Gohir says every group has right to be protected after critics warn proposed definition risks breaking law

The Guardian - UK

Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told after Hampstead ladies pond row

Exclusive: Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces

The Independent UK

Blanket rule on trans women in men’s prisons would deny their identity, says Scottish government

SNP’s lawyer argues the ‘mental health and rehabilitation’ of prisoners is more important than their biological sex

The Guardian - UK

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

Evening Standard

Met Police face £5million bill on new loos and changing areas for its 12 transgender staff

Britain's biggest force assesses cost of new facilities following Supreme Court ruling on definition of 'woman'

Evening Standard

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EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair

Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses

Evening Standard

Employers told to look at single-sex space policies after nurses’ tribunal

An employment tribunal found nurses suffered harassment which violated their dignity while sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague.

Evening Standard

NHS says it ‘absolutely recognises need’ for revised single-sex spaces guidance

A group of Darlington nurses, after an employment tribunal victory, have accused the Government of dragging its feet on single-sex spaces.

Evening Standard

Darlington nurses accuse Government of dragging feet on single-sex spaces

A tribunal found they suffered harassment which violated their dignity and created ‘a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment’.

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The Guardian - UK

Dame Sarah Anderson obituary

Entrepreneur and founder of the suicide prevention charity The Listening Place

The Guardian - UK

Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism

Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces

The Guardian - UK

Rights group challenges trans-inclusive swimming policy at Hampstead Heath

Allowing entry on the basis of self-identification of gender rather than biological sex is unlawful, high court told

The Guardian - UK

Public should heed new rules on single-sex spaces, says Britain’s equalities chief

Mary-Ann Stephenson says official guidance will not usher in ‘toilet police’ in businesses and public places

The Guardian - UK

Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours

The courts are a clumsy means to negotiate social relationships. Let organisations make up their own minds about inclusion, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Does the NHS trans doctor ruling mean there is no bathroom ban?

Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking

The Independent UK

EHRC chief hits out at government over human rights

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