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Minister for women and equality makes statement after supreme court ruling on gender recognitionSome MPs and peers are calling for President Trump not to be invited to address parliament when he visits the UK. In 2017, during Trump’s first presidency, …
Prime minister calls ruling ‘a welcome step forward’ while equalities minister Bridget Phillipson also welcomes itUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has welcomed what he termed the “real clarity” of last week’s supreme court ruling on gender…
Thousands gather in Parliament Square in a show of unity after supreme court judgmentAfter last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried that trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.They weren’…
Internal mission statements from Harmeet Dhillon pivots division’s priorities away from marginalized groups’ rightsThe justice department’s civil rights division is shifting its focus away from its longstanding work protecting the rights of marginalize…
Equality watchdog says health service ‘now has clarity’ as managers draw up new policy for hospitals and surgeriesNHS bosses are scrambling to overhaul guidelines for single-sex spaces in thousands of hospitals and GP surgeries after the equality watch…
British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a womanTrans women arrested on Britain’s railways will in future be strip-searched by male officers in an updated policy after a landmark ruling by the …
President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.
Equalities watchdog chair says code of practice will give clarity and adds trans people’s rights ‘must be respected’UK politics live – latest updatesUpdated guidance for public bodies after the UK supreme court’s ruling that a woman is defined in law b…
‘These laws were written 20 years ago plus when the world was different,’ Tory leader saysThe chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested that there may be legal challenges around the efficacy of gender recognition certificat…
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that trans women do not meet the legal definition of women under the country’s Equality Act. However, the court said that transgender people continue to have protections under anti-discrimination and equality …