Kemi Badenoch could rewrite law to allow trans exclusion from single-sex spaces

Redefinition of sex as ‘biological sex’ in Equality Act would enable single-sex restrictions against trans people

Kemi Badenoch is considering changing the Equality Act to allow organisations to bar trans women from single-sex spaces and events, including hospital wards and sports.

The change by the equalities secretary would redefine sex in the 2010 act to specifically refer to legal protections for “biological sex” – the sex assigned at birth.