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Trans Activists Lobby Parliament to Block EHRC’s Biology-Based Facilities Guidance

The consultation on interim rules tied to a Supreme Court ruling ends June 30 with activists warning the draft would violate trans people’s rights

A protester with a transgender pride flag during a march in London in May 2025

Overview

  • The EHRC’s interim guidance, issued in June, would bar trans people from using gendered facilities matching their identity in settings from hospitals to sports venues based on biological sex
  • Hundreds of trans activists and over 1,400 registered participants held a mass lobby of MPs in Westminster on June 25, marking the largest LGBT+ mass lobby since the 1980s
  • Campaigners, including Trans+ Solidarity Alliance founder Jude Guaitamacchi, warn the draft rules could force businesses to demand birth certificates and leave trans individuals without safe access to public amenities
  • Celebrity supporters such as Kate Nash, Bimini Bon Boulash and Daniel Lismore joined protesters, decrying the guidelines as a human rights violation and a harmful diversion from broader social issues
  • A government spokesperson affirmed support for protecting single-sex spaces based on biological sex while the EHRC must finalise its guidance by the close of consultation on June 30