‘I hope the EHRC code of practice haunts its architects’

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) transphobic code of practice — which recommends organisations that offer ‘single-sex’ spaces and services should exclude trans people — takes effect today. The Canary has already highlighted the problems with the code at length. It’s utterly opaque, non-functional, and a blank cheque to harass trans, intersex and gender non-conforming individuals. This article isn’t about the contents of the code. It’s not even about how this sorry shithole of a queer-bashing country got to this point. Rather, this article expresses a heartfelt wish: that this code haunts its architects within Labour and outside of, in just the…

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