The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex in law.The new guidance says that, in places like hospitals, shops and restaurants, “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities”. It also states that trans people should not be left without any facilities to use.The EHRC said it was releasing interim guidance because “many people have questions about the judgement and what it means for them”.Guidance on when competitive sports can be single-sex will be published in due course, the EHRC said.Last week the Supreme Court found the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.This means, for instance, that transgender women, who are biologically male but identify as women, can be excluded from women-only spaces.As part of the judgement, Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge stressed that the law still gives protection against discrimination to transgender people.The EHRC – which enforces equalities law and provides guidance to policymakers, public sector bodies and businesses – said the impact of the ruling was that “if somebody identifies as trans, they do not change sex for the purposes of the [Equalities] Act, even if they have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC)”.In this respect, the EHRC says, “a trans woman is a biological man” and “a trans man is a biological woman”.In schools, it says: “Pupils who identify as trans girls (biological boys) should not be permitted to use the girls’ toilet or changing facilities, and pupils who identify as trans boys (biological girls) should not be permitted to use the boys’ …
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