SCHOOLS, hospitals and gyms are set to bar trans women from female-only loos and changing rooms under new rules.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has dismissed demands from hardline campaigners to relax regulations allowing trans people to choose their facilities.

Forthcoming regulations will clarify that trans athletes can be excluded from women’s sports, and that it’s fair for a woman to object to a trans woman being present while she’s undressing.

The rules will apply to any organisation offering services to the public.

This includes shops, gyms, NHS hospitals, prisons and government departments, all of which will be bound by the guidance.

Private companies and charities delivering public services, such as care homes contracted by councils, will also have to comply.

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