Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says
Trans women should use toilets according to their biological sex, the equalities minister has said.
In response to the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is legally defined by biological sex, Bridget Phillipson stopped short of saying trans women should use the men’s toilets.
But she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The ruling was clear that provisions and services should be accessed on the basis of biological sex.”
Pushed further for clarification on whether a trans woman should use the men’s or women’s toilets she repeated: “The ruling is clear.”
Phillipson said the law on trans women accessing single-sex spaces on the basis of biological sex “would apply right across the board”.
Source: BBC | Language: English