Overview

• Sex Matters has issued a letter before action giving ministers until next Wednesday to confirm that all single-sex toilets on the 66-site estate will be defined by biological sex and supplemented by gender-neutral facilities.
• The campaign group led by Maya Forstater warns it will launch court proceedings without further notice if the Scottish Government fails to meet its deadline.
• Scottish ministers say they accept the April Supreme Court ruling that “woman” and “sex” refer to biological criteria and have formed a short-life working group to align facility policies with the judgment.
• The government is awaiting final guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission before formally updating access rules across the public sector.
• The Scottish Government estate comprises 1,016 toilets across offices, stores and field buildings, including traditional separate-sex cubicles and unisex “superloos.”