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TransActual says ‘Know Your Rights’ following the EHRC transphobic code of practice

Post author:Grace
Post published:20 August 2026
Post last modified:20 August 2026

Trans-focused advocacy organisation TransActual has updated its ‘Know Your Rights’ guidance following the implementation of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s transphobic code of practice for service providers on 5 August. An explainer like TransActual’s is sadly necessary because — as many critics have highlighted — the EHRC code of practice is desperately unclear. As such, many organisations have lurched to adopt trans-hostile policies, even where there is no legal requirement to do so. Know Your Rights TransActual’s explainer therefore sets out to clarify how the law applies to trans people, whether or not they hold a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).…

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

Post author:Grace
Post published:5 August 2026
Post last modified:5 August 2026

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…

165 MPs have signed a motion to reject the EHRC transphobic Code of Practice

Post author:Grace
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:9 July 2026

The Early Day Motion to reject the Equality and Human Rights Commissions (EHRC) transphobic Code of Practice has now hit 165 signatures. As such, the motion’s author — Nottingham East Labour MP Nadia Whittome — has called for equalities minister Bridget Phillipson to withdraw the code. The milestone means that over a quarter of all MPs have now signed the forlorn-hope statement. However, time is now running desperately short, as Whittome explained on social media on 8 July: The scrutiny period for the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice ends this week. This Code will enforce trans people’s segregation, out them to others,…