New claims that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) intends to recommend banning trans people from certain public spaces based on their appearance have been branded “intrusive” by human rights groups across the UK.

The UK human rights regulator’s controversial code of practice on gendered facilities was sent to the UK government for consideration earlier this year.

In September , equalities minister Bridget Phillipson was handed the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) draft code of practice on single-sex services, which critics have warned could result in a bathroom ban for trans people.

Proposed updates published as part of that consultation included clauses banning trans women from female facilities and trans men from male facilities. A since-rescinded interim up

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