Overview
- Trans women will be denied entry to the main hall in Liverpool and will not vote on motions, policy debates or national women’s committee elections.
- Delegates who are trans will be able to attend fringe meetings, exhibition areas and an evening reception, but not keynote addresses or main-hall discussions.
- Labour’s NEC approved the approach following a legal review, after this year’s women’s conference was cancelled while the party awaited clarity.
- The EHRC submitted statutory guidance to ministers three months ago but it remains unpublished, with the government saying it is taking time to get it right as the Good Law Project mounts a legal challenge.
- Labour for Trans Rights called the move terrible and urged a reversal, while the Labour Women’s Declaration group welcomed adherence to the law, and former EHRC chair Kishwer Falkner accused Labour of abandoning women.