Plot to ban trans people from loos based on looks branded ‘dangerously misogynistic’

Trans people may be barred from using public toilets or getting changed based on ‘how they look’, a leaked guidance document says.

In April, the Supreme Court ruled that trans people do not meet the definition of ‘woman’ under anti-discrimination law.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it will write guidance for organisations that run gendered spaces to reflect this.

A leaked copy of the watchdog’s guidance, obtained by The Times, says hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres can turn trans people away ‘based on how they look, their behaviour or concerns raised by others’. According to the paper, the guidance states that trans men would be barred from women’s spaces if they are likely to be perceived as male, even if they were assigned male at birth.

Equality official