Cambridge college relabels toilets despite sex-based spaces guidance

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Sept, 14:52 · Archive

King's College has relabelled toilets with gender-neutral signs, ignoring new equality guidance.

King's College Cambridge has replaced traditional lavatory signs with 'cubicles' and 'cubicles/urinals' following recommendations from a campus LGBT+ group. Critics argue this contradicts August guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which reinforced a Supreme Court ruling that single-sex spaces should be based on biological sex rather than gender identity.

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• Cambridge college accused of ignoring new guidance after labelling toilets as 'cubicles' and 'cubicles/urinals'A Cambridge college has been accused of ignoring guidance on single-sex spaces after replacing traditional lavatory signs with the gender-neutral labels "cubicles" and "cubicles/urinals". King's College's relabelling followed recommendations from a campus LGBT+ group. Critics say the move directly contradicts EHRC rules requiring organisations to grant access to single-sex facilities based on biological sex rather than gender identity. That guidance was issued following last year's Supreme Court ruling, which determined that transgender women do not legally qualify as women under equalities…GB News · 22 Sept, 14:29
• Cambridge college sparks row after replacing genders on toilets with 'cubicles' and 'cubicles/urinals' despite Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spacesThe Equality and Human Rights Commission's code of practice, reinforcing last year's Supreme Court ruling that sex in equality law means biological sex not gender identity, came into effect in August.Daily Mail · 22 Sept, 13:34

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