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Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

June 2026

  • A police cordon at the scene of a stabbing in Belfast

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Police chief urges those ‘who know nothing about Northern Ireland’ not to stir up disorder via social media – UK politics live

  • A swimmer dives horizontally over calm water at Hampstead Heath, with their reflection visible on the surface

    Hampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rules

May 2026

  • Alexandra Parmar-Yee

    double quotation markTrans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights

    Alexandra Parmar-Yee
    Hard-won, vital legal protections have been upended – ultimately our lawmakers must fix this, says director of Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, Alexandra Parmar-Yee
  • Trans rights campaigner Stephen Whittle sits on a doorstep with flowerpots either side of him.

    ‘Kind of humiliating’: trans community responds to EHRC’s new code of practice

    For some transgender men and women – and the campaigners who support them – the updated guidance confirms their worst fears
    • Guardian Opinion cartoon
      Ella Baron on the EHRC’s transgender code of practice – cartoon

    • What is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply?

    • Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

April 2026

  • Women marching and holding placards

    One year on: how landmark ruling on single-sex spaces has changed lives

  • Mary-Ann Stephenson

    EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender

February 2026

  • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Scottish Labour leader says he doesn’t regret calling for Starmer to quit – UK politics live

    Anas Sarwar said that he stood by what he said when he announced on Monday that he wanted the prime minister to stand down

January 2026

  • Mary-Ann Stephenson

    EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair

    Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses

December 2025

  • Mary-Ann Stephenson

    Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism

  • A protest outside parliament earlier this month

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – as it happened

  • Mary-Ann Stephenson

    UK leaving European convention on human rights would be a mistake, equalities chief warns

  • A gender neutral toilet sign

    Public should heed new rules on single-sex spaces, says Britain’s equalities chief

  • double quotation markTrans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours

    Simon Jenkins
  • double quotation markThe WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud

    Jess O’Thomson
  • Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say

  • Nigel Farage aide dismisses alleged racism as ‘playground banter’

  • Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026

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