US EditionTrans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events
Labour’s decision follows a Supreme Court ruling defining woman by biological sex and aims to balance legal compliance with addressing women's under-representation, party says.
- Trans women will not be allowed to attend formal proceedings of Labour's Women's Conference, including speeches and policy debates, but can attend fringe events.
- Labour launched a legal review of the rules around its women's conference following a Supreme Court decision, leading to new attendance rules for the 2026 event.
- The government is still weighing a new code of practice for the Equality Act, with guidance drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission awaiting ministerial approval.
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Labour women’s conference is not ‘banning trans people’
Labour has banned trans women from the main hall at its women’s conference next year. That, at least, is how the news is being spun. What it really means is that men won’t be able to attend an event created for women to discuss policies which directly affect them. Biological males who claim to be women will still be allowed to attend fringe events at the conference and an evening reception, demonstrating how reluctant Labour still is to risk off…
Labour bans trans women from conference as former human rights boss blasts party for 'abandoning' women
Labour will ban transgender women from its women's conference next year, as the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) declared they had “abandoned” women over trans politics. The party's National Executive Committee approved the plan on Friday, following a comprehensive legal review aimed at ensuring compliance with April's Supreme Court judgment.That ruling determined that under the Equality Act, the term "sex" refers …
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