Gender ruling will not result in toilet police, says minister

THERE are no plans for “toilet police” in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on gender, a senior minister has suggested.

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Pat McFadden did, however, acknowledge that the Government would have to change its practices following the judgment.

Over the Easter period, the Supreme Court declared that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

The ruling has been interpreted to mean that transgender women, who are biologically male but identify as women, can be excluded from women-only spaces like toilets and changing rooms.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued new guidance aimed at clearing up questions about what the judgment will mean in practice.