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- EHRC in court: The Equalities Minister has argued services can be trans inclusive, disputing EHRC guidance, as a High Court hears it was "rushed" and written in barely 24 hours.
- BBC: Amid an apology to Donald Trump, there has been intense focus on wider editorial biases plagueing the public service broadcaster.
- Trans+ History Week: Our commissioning scheme with our launchpad project is back, and we have all the details for you!
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Equalities Minister undermines and questions EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court
TL;DR: Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson has questioned the logic of arguments by the equality watchdog that Trans+ people should be segregated from single-sex spaces, in High Court submissions that saw advocacy group the Good Law Project brand the watchdog’s ‘interim update’ as “rushed”, “overly simplistic” and “transphobic”.
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