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Totts<p>In what may be the first of many victories, for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> community Jolyon Maugham's Good Law Project has managed to get Britain’s rights watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a>) to backtrack following a legal challenge. Its latest guidance now says,</p><p> “Toilets, showers, and changing facilities may be mixed-sex where they are in a separate room lockable from the inside.'</p><p>THIS IS NOW UK LAW<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transrights</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowyourrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowyourrights</span></a></p>
Kay ElúvianUK EHRC
Grant Denkinson<p>FOI Exposes <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PolicyCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyCapture</span></a> <a href="https://tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/foi-exposes-ehrc-bias/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/foi-exp</span><span class="invisible">oses-ehrc-bias/</span></a></p>
Grant Denkinson<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Welsh</span></a> language responses to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Consultation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consultation</span></a> still open until 15th July: <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/cy/cydraddoldeb/equality-act-2010/codes-practice/cod-ymarfer-ar-gyfer-gwasanaethau-swyddogaethau" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">equalityhumanrights.com/cy/cyd</span><span class="invisible">raddoldeb/equality-act-2010/codes-practice/cod-ymarfer-ar-gyfer-gwasanaethau-swyddogaethau</span></a> Cod ymarfer ar gyfer gwasanaethau, swyddogaethau cyhoeddus a chymdeithasau: ymgynghoriad 2025</p>
staringatclouds<p>For anyone who hasn't already done this but wants to</p><p>You now have until midnight to submit a response to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EHRCConsultation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRCConsultation</span></a></p>
TransActual<p>Not long left to respond to the consultation on the EHRC Code of Practice? If so, we've got some guidance to help you. And remember: be sure to send your consultation response to your MP and us too (policy@transactual.org.uk). <a href="https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transactual.org.uk/equality-ac</span><span class="invisible">t-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransAlly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAlly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EqualityAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualityAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
TransActual<p>Not long left to respond to the consultation on the EHRC Code of Practice? If so, we've got some guidance to help you. And remember: be sure to send your consultation response to your MP and us too (policy@transactual.org.uk). <a href="https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transactual.org.uk/equality-ac</span><span class="invisible">t-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransAlly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAlly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EqualityAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualityAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
Andy Fletcher<p>The Good Law Project are in the process of taking the EHRC to court on their stated position that employers are obliged to provide single-sex toilets.</p><p>It appears that the EHRC are starting to cave in on the issue and are rowing backwards on previous guidance with Olympic speed.</p><p><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/ehrc-backs-down-on-single-sex-toilets/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodlawproject.org/ehrc-backs-</span><span class="invisible">down-on-single-sex-toilets/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/goodlawproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodlawproject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ehrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ehrc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/toilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toilets</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>The lovely folks at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@transactualuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>transactualuk</span></a></span> have put together some helpful guidance in case you're not sure where to start when it comes to responding coherently without just posting endless binfire GIFs.</p><p><a href="https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transactual.org.uk/equality-ac</span><span class="invisible">t-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>You have less than two weeks to respond to the so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission's consultation on the code of practice for services, public functions and associations.</p><p>Please do so.</p><p><a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equality-act-2010/codes-practice/code-practice-services-public-functions-and-associations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">equalityhumanrights.com/equali</span><span class="invisible">ty/equality-act-2010/codes-practice/code-practice-services-public-functions-and-associations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
SecondUniverseukpol, transpol, trans
penwing (they/them)UKPol EHRC toilets ironic outcome
penwing (they/them)UKPol EHRC toilets
Julia<p>If you’re in Birmingham and want help filling in the EHRC consultation, there are a couple of events happening.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BirminghamUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirminghamUK</span></a></p>
TransActual<p>Are you planning to respond to the consultation on the EHRC Code of Practice? If so, we've got some guidance to help you.</p><p>And remember: be sure to send your consultation response to your MP too. If you're responding on behalf of an organisation, please also send us a copy of your response: policy@transactual.org.uk.</p><p><a href="https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transactual.org.uk/equality-ac</span><span class="invisible">t-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransAlly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAlly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EqualityAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualityAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>
Totts<p>Rights for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> gender people</p><p>Remove Lady Falkener from her position of Chair of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> </p><p>We call for the government to immediately remove Baroness Kishwer Falkner from her position as Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), following her recent public statements</p><p><a href="https://chng.it/vxmBTdMcRn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/vxmBTdMcRn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AngharadHafod<p>Judgement Day for the EHRC - an incredible piece by Ian Dunt. <br>Tl;dr: <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> have well overstepped the mark; any employer who follows their interim guidance probably opens themselves up to more legal challenges than they protect against. <br>"With any luck, this will be the nadir. The reaction of the MPs on the women and equality committee suggests that we are reaching a political tipping point and patience with this clown-show is finally running out."<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <br><a href="https://iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-day-for-the-ehrc-c99" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iandunt.substack.com/p/judgeme</span><span class="invisible">nt-day-for-the-ehrc-c99</span></a></p>
2legged<p>Seriously intense gaslighting of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> people here from Baroness Krisher Falkner, chair of the UK's <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a>.</p><p>Falkner says that that trans people should accept the idea that they never had rights to privacy or to a toilet, and should shut up. She is rewriting history, and the EHRC is no longer even a human rights watchdog gone rogue — it is an overtly transohobic campaign group. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/11/uk-equalities-watchdog-transgender-people-may-be-asked-about-gender-status-in-workplace" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/11/uk-equalities-watchdog-transgender-people-may-be-asked-about-gender-status-in-workplace</span></a></p>
Eleanor LNR Blair<p>The UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission needs a leader that commands the respect of ALL marginalised communities! Not someone with an anti-trans background. Add your signature and share!</p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZAQzdaA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZAQzdaA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a></p>
Pam C<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EHRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EHRC</span></a></p>