Single-sex toilets ‘to be mandatory’ in all new public buildings
The Metro says NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS will be required to have separate single-sex toilets under government plans, it has been reported.
Schools, hospitals, offices and entertainment venues over a certain size will be among the spaces impacted, in a bid from ministers to stop venues from having solely gender-neutral facilities.
It’s believed the move is being pushed by Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch who thinks it is both legal and necessary to have single-sex space for both men and women.
It is understood to have been quietly approved by ministers last month.
It comes after transgender rights campaigners previously argued that gender-neutral toilets can reassure transgender people who fear discrimination in binary bathrooms.
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