The Government has announced that single-sex toilets in England will become a legal requirement for all new restaurants, bars, offices and shopping centres later this year, meaning it will be compulsory to provide separate facilities for men and women. The law will apply to new non-residential buildings, but existing businesses could also be caught by […]
The UK Equalities Minister, Kemi Badenoch, has told the veteran LGBTQ+ rights campaigner Peter Tatchell that she will not meet mainstream LGBT+ organisations. Mr Tatchell had offered to facilitate a round table discussion with groups such as Stonewall, Mermaids, Terrence Higgins Trust, the Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition and others, after it emerged that the Minister […]
Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch MP has received an invitation to meet with leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. The invitation, which comes from human rights organisation Peter Tatchell Foundation, is in response to reports that Badenoch has had little or no engagement with most LGBTQ+ organisations, despite claiming to have met “extensively’ with “numerous” LGBTQ+ groups. “Badenoch’s […]
The UK’s equality watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has called on the government to ban “harmful” conversion therapy practices, which seek to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The EHRC says legislation to outlaw conversion therapy should be included in the King’s Speech in November. Baroness Kishwer Falkner, who […]
Gendered Intelligence has released a statement on changes to gender neutral provision which will, according to the government, “ensure provision of separate toilets for men and women and sets out guidance to encourage the provision of universal toilets, ensuring appropriate levels of privacy in all situations”. The registered charity, that works to increase understandings of […]
Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan are reportedly considering issuing new guidance to single-sex schools in England saying that they aren’t legally obliged to admit transgender pupils.
An investigation discovered that the government equalities office held an “undisclosed meeting” earlier this year with the Core Issues Trust.
Truss has caused controversy after saying “it wouldn’t be right to have self-identification with no checks” in relation to trans people.
Conservative MP Mike Freer has been announced as a new UK equalities minister and will working alongside Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch.
LGBTQ+ activists and advocacy groups are urging Badenoch to resign after a leaked 2018 video showed the MP making anti-LGBTQ+ comments.
