The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that “man”, “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to sex, not self-ID or paperwork (gender-recognition certificates). This agreed with our legal interpretation. We have published new guidance and are in the process of updating our publications to reflect the judgment. We are also working to provide answers to the questions we're hearing from supporters and the media. We will publish these as soon as possible.

Organisations unite to praise the EHRC

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Twenty different campaigning groups from across the UK have come together in a statement of response on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s recent communications – with the UK Government about conversion therapy and with the Scottish Government about reform of the Gender Recognition Act.

The EHRC has come under fire for its statements from groups that do not recognise that protecting human rights requires balancing the interests of people with different characteristics. Our statement praises them for sticking with their mandate of promoting everyone’s human rights.

Statement in response to the EHRC intervention