… in the context of the 2010 Equalities Act.
Personal note:
This is a dangerous precedent that is already being used to justify banning trans women from women’s bathrooms, and will likely allow male police / security to manhandle women to ascertain their gender. It will also put trans women at a further disadvantage for getting jobs, as if there wasn’t enough stigma as is.
Get ready for the genital inspectors, more transpotting (like with that non-trans lady in the Olympics) and an increased amount of abuse of trans people.
I am a fan of those toilets that have a symbol that is half ‘male’ on the left side half ‘female’ on the right and are individual rooms that can be used by anyone. Those symbols are essentially defining ‘sex’ by clothing anyway and making them half and half carries the implication that it doesn’t matter where you are on the gender spectrum because both extremes merge into one symbol. They also sidestep the issue of normal people having to share with those nasty bigots. Everyone can shit where they want without consequence and no one needs to be exposed to my farts echoing in the toilet, which for some reason seems to have been designed to amplify the noise of struggle.
There’s a trend at some workplaces to force trans people to use the accessible toilets, however those have their own problems.
Not only will you out yourself by using them, but also it takes capacity away from disabled people who already only have one toilet to share between them at times.
That’s why I like the individual toilets as standard. The only thing you out yourself as is someone who needs the toilet. Unfortunately though they require more space so they aren’t common .