Overview

• For Women Scotland has filed an ordinary action at the Court of Session seeking to annul Scottish government guidance on transgender access to single-sex school toilets and prison wings.
• The group is requesting interim suspension of the disputed policies while the court hears the case.
• Formal papers initiating the action were served on Scottish ministers and the lord advocate, starting the clock on their statutory response period.
• The contested guidance allows trans pupils to use facilities matching their gender identity and permits transgender women to be housed in the women’s estate under specified safety criteria.
• The legal standoff has left schools, prisons and other public services uncertain about access rules for single-sex spaces.