The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its code of practice for the first time in over a decade, providing guidance to service providers on applying the Equality Act across protected characteristics including a new focus on single-sex spaces following a Supreme Court ruling that defined women by biological sex for legal purposes. The code clarifies that excluding transgender people from single-sex services aligned to biological sex is lawful, but service providers must offer alternative gender-neutral facilities to avoid discrimination.
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The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission has updated its code of practice for the first time in over a decade, providing guidance to service providers on applying the Equality Act across protected characteristics including a new focus on single-sex spaces following a Supreme Court ruling that defined women by biological sex for legal purposes. The code clarifies that excluding transgender people from single-sex services aligned to biological sex is lawful, but service providers must offer alternative gender-neutral facilities to avoid discrimination.