Fantastic here from Susanna Rustin:
'The trans population faces its own challenges. The code is emphatically not a reason to disregard these. But it should not have taken the supreme court, or the EHRC, to make it clear that sacrificing single-sex spaces is not the answer.'
Cathy Devine
The new EHRC ruling isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets - it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces
From the start, feminists have fought for spaces that are less visible but which have special status: prisons, refuges, rape crisis centres, lesbian groups, women’s health centres and sports, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin