21 May 2026: the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published the Equality Act 2010: draft code of practice for services, public functions and associations. It includes proposed new statutory guidance around maintaining single-sex spaces such as toilets and changing rooms. We're currently seeking clarification on whether or not these proposed rules would apply to schools, and we'll update this article accordingly when we know more.
24 April 2025: the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex. This means that any person with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment to female (i.e. a transgender woman) is not considered ‘a woman’ under equality legislation.
Find out more in our article on the Supreme Court ruling and see some suggestions for next steps.
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