Summary
- The Conservatives, led by Kemi Badenoch, plan to change the Equality Act to define sex as biological sex, allowing organizations to exclude transgender women from single-sex spaces.
- The change aims to offer clarity and reassurance for services such as those for domestic abuse victims, ensuring protection based on biological sex.
- The law change will still protect against discrimination based on gender reassignment.
- Rishi Sunak emphasized the importance of enshrining the right to single-sex spaces in law for the safety, privacy, and dignity of all individuals.