US EditionTrans women to be banned from Scottish Parliament's female toilets after Supreme Court ruling
- The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body decided to designate toilets by biological sex at Holyrood following a Supreme Court ruling in 2023.
- This decision responded to the Supreme Court's unanimous judgment that 'woman' in the Equality Act refers to biological sex, supported by interim EHRC guidance.
- The Parliament will provide three gender-neutral toilets by redesignating existing facilities to offer clarity and maintain legal compliance.
- Scottish Trans and Equality Network called the move "rushed, unworkable and exclusionary," warning it will exclude trans people from Scottish democracy.
- The decision highlights tensions between legal obligations to protect single-sex spaces and ongoing debates over trans inclusion and rights in Scotland.
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Trans people ‘excluded in heart of democracy’ after Holyrood toilet rule change
The Scottish Trans and Equality Network has hit out at Parliament bosses’ decision following the Supreme Court gender ruling. A decision by Holyrood bosses to ban trans people from using the toilets of their preferred gender at the Parliament will leave them excluded at the “heart of Scotland’s democracy”, equalities campaigners have warned. The Scottish Trans and Equality Network hit out after the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – which m…
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