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AIBU To celebrate the government finally releasing guidance on keeping single sex spaces single sex? Even if it is more than a year after the Supreme Court judgement

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 21/05/2026 07:56

Nobody is banned from toilets, changing rooms or indeed anywhere else, but males must use the male facilities and females use the female facilities. Where possible gender neutral facilities may be provided AS WELL, but not instead of.

There will be a huge amount of disinformation about this rolling around today, but nobody is banned from anything, other than intruding upon the opposite sex.

"The updated guidance is expected to make clear that employers and service providers should provide single-sex lavatories, changing rooms and washing facilities on the basis of biological sex, after the Supreme Court judgment in April last year that held the legal ­definition of “woman” in the Equality Act referred to biological sex."

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b0750d21-426a-45d5-8cee-9578e33c6d9c?shareToken=a2e55a09e70500c14807d8eb1713db03

Single-sex space guide to be published after year-long delay

Equality watchdog’s code instructs facilities to operate based on biological sex, putting an end to confusion for bosses but causing a headache for Labour

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b0750d21-426a-45d5-8cee-9578e33c6d9c?shareToken=a2e55a09e70500c14807d8eb1713db03

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MNLurker1345 · 21/05/2026 08:06

Thanks @SingleSexSpacesInSchools, I have moved over!

Shedmistress · 21/05/2026 08:05

It is feat of engineering that they are even getting to the point of releasing it, lets keep fingers crossed that it actually meets the legal requirements of the actual law.

borntobequiet · 21/05/2026 08:04

YWNBBU if it actually happens.

Taztoy · 21/05/2026 08:04

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 21/05/2026 08:02

fair point.

But, whatever it says it cannot get around the Supreme Court judgments details. A man is a man and a woman is a woman and all that

Ah but it’s all about liminality, internal cognition and external perception (but only with filters and when someone agrees with you to be kind).

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 21/05/2026 08:02

Taztoy · 21/05/2026 08:00

I’m not celebrating til we see what comes out.

fair point.

But, whatever it says it cannot get around the Supreme Court judgments details. A man is a man and a woman is a woman and all that

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Taztoy · 21/05/2026 08:00

I’m not celebrating til we see what comes out.

Luckydog7 · 21/05/2026 07:59

Definitely not BU! Progress is progress. Saying that, I haven't read it yet! I'm still expecting some squirmy wording that someone will try to say is a loop hole.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 21/05/2026 07:59

I’m still not ruling out further stalling until she actually does it.