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Failure to provide a toilet for the exclusive use of women is sex discrimination

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afternoonoflife · 14/02/2024 14:25

https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/expert-comment/post/102j048/failure-to-provide-a-toilet-for-the-exclusive-use-of-women-sex-discrimination

I saw this on Twitter. There was no female-only toilet. What happens if trans identified men are using a female-only toilet at work? I’m not a lawyer, does anyone know?

Failure to provide a toilet for the exclusive use of women = sex discrimination

Failure to provide a toilet for the exclusive use of women = sex discrimination

https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/expert-comment/post/102j048/failure-to-provide-a-toilet-for-the-exclusive-use-of-women-sex-discrimination

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WookeyHole · 14/02/2024 15:49

Yes, I would love to know too. My terribly woke organisation which trips over itself to ally to Stonewall and Mermaids now has a policy that anyone can choose to use whichever loo they want.

We had disabled loos entirely separate to the ladies and gents but adjacent - door straight into single toilet and sink room which were rebranded as gender neutral some time ago. More recently the new policy was quietly published (having consulted with the aforementioned charities and members of the trans community but not current non-trans employees). We have ladies and gents which are a typical set up of door to sink and mirror area and then two separate cubicles. Would love to know if this article affects that in anyway. To me, the relative safe space/privacy from men of the sink & mirrors area is almost as important as the cubicles.

Waitingfordoggo · 14/02/2024 15:45

I went to an entertainment venue in Brighton last week and there were no single sex loos. There was a ‘women’s’ toilet and a ‘men’s’ toilet, both with a sign saying they were for use by anyone of any gender identity. So two mixed sex toilets, one with urinals. Predictably, the women’s had a massive queue (of women), the men’s had hardly any queue and was only being used by men as far as I could tell.

There was also a sign in the ladies about respecting staff and fellow patrons etc and saying that leaving leaflets/stickers in the loos wouldn’t be tolerated. (I wish I’d taken a photo because I can’t remember how they phrased it- they didn’t say leaflets or stickers but it was clearly what they meant).

SinnerBoy · 14/02/2024 15:45

Sorry, for those without Twatter:

Failure to provide a toilet for the exclusive use of women is sex discrimination
lechiffre55 · 14/02/2024 15:44

It's starting to all look quite expensive isn't it?

You have to pay to make it all unisex, you have to pay all the discrimination payouts, and now you're going to have to pay to put it all back the way it was when you started. Ohhhh and all the legal fees too.

All the waste and stupidity makes it seem like they are auditioning for senior positions within the SNP.

Snowypeaks · 14/02/2024 15:39

Excellent. Love the clarity of stating "sex" all the way through,