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Law reform

In 2015 the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons conducted an inquiry into equality for transgender (trans) people and in January 2016 published its report. This was the catalyst for a series of changes in the UK. Although the law was not changed, policy guidance issued by the EHRC tended towards accepting people's self-declared gender. In 2018 the government adopted the proposal from the committee's report to simplify the process by which someone could change their legal sex and get a new birth certificate in its proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act, and conducted a consultation on the proposals. The results are due to be published in 2019.

How does the Gender Recognition Act impact on the sex-based rights of women?

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What have transgender rights got to do with women?

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My daughter doesn’t want to share toilets at school with boys. What can I do?

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Does my school have to provide separate toilet blocks for female and male children?   The … [Read more...] about My daughter doesn’t want to share toilets at school with boys. What can I do?

Could do better. The EHRC should rewrite its draft guidance.

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Single sex services & the Equality Act: A new statutory Code of Practice must help everyone get clear what “single sex” means.

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Guest post by Maya Forstater. Last week the Women and Equalities Select Committee said what so … [Read more...] about Single sex services & the Equality Act: A new statutory Code of Practice must help everyone get clear what “single sex” means.

The impact of the Council of Europe upon trans inclusion: Judgements and Contradictions

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