“It doesn’t seem logical that we have introduced this system where we can challenge people on the way they look on whether or not they can use certain services. Because it’s so unclear what people should do, it feels like it has opened the door to a series of legal challenges.”
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)
Labour MPs doubt EHRC guidance on court’s biological sex ruling is workable
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Exclusive: Commons motion calls for code of practice to be blocked amid concerns over impact on transgender people
A number of Labour MPs are increasingly doubtful that the guidance on how organisations should implement the supreme court ruling on sex as it applies in the Equality Act is workable in the real world, with some predicting it will unleash a wave of competing legal claims.
A total of 135 MPs, 69 of them from Labour, have signed a Commons motion calling for the code of practice drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, approved last month, to be blocked, primarily because of worries about its impact on transgender people. Continue reading...
