Badenoch asks people to report public bodies which fail to offer single-sex spaces

May 2, 2024 by Jill

by Daniel Martin, Telegraph:

It follows concern that the NHS, local councils and other government organisations are misinterpreting guidance.

Kemi Badenoch has urged members of the public to give examples of state bodies failing to provide single-sex spaces.

It follows concern that the NHS, local councils and other government bodies are misinterpreting guidance which states that people should be barred from such places on the basis of their sex and not the gender they identify with.

The Equalities Minister said her action would “tackle any confusion” around who is allowed in lavatories, changing rooms, and female-only fitness classes.

The launch of the “call for input” comes a day after the Health Secretary announced plans to overhaul the NHS constitution to “ensure that biological sex is respected”.

The Department of Health and Social Care said on Tuesday that it is “defining sex as biological sex” with the new document, which underpins NHS care.

Proposed changes will also ensure hospital patients in England have the right to request to be treated on single-sex wards, with transgender people placed in rooms on their own.

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