Kemi Badenoch said the move is aimed at clearing up confusion in what she described as a ‘complex’ area involving public spaces.
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has launched a call for input on examples of incorrect guidance being used around single-sex spaces
Giving an example, she suggested a school could feel they were following guidance on toilets being gender neutral, but could be basing that on policy analysis by an organisation not looking at equality law. “This is obviously a terrible thing but the school thought they were following a guidance because they had used some policy analysis that was by an organisation that wasn’t looking at the equality law.”
Proposed changes will also ensure hospital patients in England have the right to request to be treated on single-sex wards, with transgender people placed in rooms on their own. But the minister said some organisations have been “afraid of backlash if they are seen to get it wrong”, with cases where organisations believe they are required to allow access to such services to self-identifying transgender people.“I do recognise, however, that the law in this area is complex, and I know that some organisations are confused and afraid of backlash if they are seen to get it wrong.
Cleo Madeleine, from the organisation, said: “The law is clear, both on the right trans people have to use services and spaces appropriate to their gender, and on the rare circumstances where exemptions can be made.“It’s sad to see that trampled by a minister who ought to advocate equality for all.”
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