EHRC proposes to allow hospitals and gyms to request birth certificates to prove sex
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its consultation of the Practice Code on Public Buildings, such as stores, hospitals and sports clubs, must interpret equality Act After the ruling of the Supreme Court that a woman is a biological woman. Have updated the definition of ‘legal sex’ through the Code of Practice from “The sex that was recorded at its birth or sex that you have acquired by obtaining a gender recognition certificate” to “Legal sex is the sex that was recorded at its birth. ” The key proposals are:
- Single sex services cannot call thematile, if they also include transgender people of the opposite biological sex.
- The services may ask someone’s sex at birth, which includes seeing a birth certificate or GRC, if it is from “Necessary and proportional”.
- Asking for someone’s sex at birth publicly, rudely or offensively, I could count as discrimination or harassment.
- Trans people can be excluded from some services if necessary “Alarm or anguish” To others.
- Sports organizers can stop trans participation if it offers a competitive advantage or causes security risks.
- In most cases, services must try to meet the needs of trans people “Without compromising the nature of a single sex” Or the service.
The new consultation to collect comments on the changes is now open …
