Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: UK Trans+ community begins period of vast uncertainty over which public services they can use

Understand the LGBTQIA+ headlines and keep track of the latest queer content and perspectives. QueerAF is written by Jamie Wareham and a different LGBTQIA+ creative every week.

💬 This week:

• State-sanctioned segregation: In a worrying week for Trans+ people in England, Wales and Scotland, where the new EHRC code has come into force, we look at the arguments behind a new court case which argues it "misstates the law".
• Councils defy: Six London boroughs are refusing to implement the code. We explore the Green, Lib Dem and Labour-run councils' actions.
• Waiting in the wings: For this week's Queer Gaze, we look to the archive for Alec Turner's reflections on their first Trans+ protest, and ask: how many others will see their activism ignited for the first time in the coming weeks and months?

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State-sanctioned segregation in EHRC code "misstates the law", says new court challenge

TL;DR: A new judicial review sets out that the EHRC Code of Practice, which recommends the segregation of Trans+ people, "misstates the law" and ignores a recent High Court ruling which says common sense should be the guiding factor in determining bathroom use.