This week we're bringing you a number of stories that have come direct to us.
First up, we cover the news from the Good Law Project yesterday that they're bringing a judicial review to challenge the Equality and Human Rights Commision’s instruction to segregate Trans+ people from public life.
Then we speak to the parliamentary staff who are asking the difficult questions of what this means at the heart of our democracy.
After that, we’ve got a response from the organisation that is facing accusations of supressing NHS information about trans youth suicides.
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💬 This week:
- EHRC sued: Two trans people and an intersex person are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson. We help you understand what this could mean following the Supreme Court decision.
- Political ramifications: As Pride organisations across the UK ban political parties, we also explore what's going on in the heart of democracy in the country as a group of parliamentary staffers seek clarifications on what the ruling means in Westminster.
- Suppressed analysis?: Our reporting on accusations a key NHS report into transgender youth suicides is being suppressed continues with an exclusive response from the organisation that has done the research.
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EHRC faces judicial review, which could overturn its instruction to segregate trans people
TL;DR: Advocacy group The Good Law Project and a group of transgender and intersex people are suing the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Minister for Women and Equalities. They’re bringing a judicial review that will challenge the regulator’s stance on segregating Trans+ people from some single-sex spaces
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