Trans doctor changing room case: does it amount to a bathroom ban?
Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtrackingOn Monday, a Dundee employment tribunal ruled a narrow win for Sandie Peggie, the nurse who complained about sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor. But...
<p>Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking</p><p>On Monday, a Dundee employment tribunal ruled a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/08/scottish-nurse-secures-partial-victory-in-trans-doctor-changing-room-case">narrow win for Sandie Peggie</a>, the nurse who complained about sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor. But the lengthy judgment also takes on the pivotal question that has been challenging employers, lawyers and campaign groups since April – does a supreme court judgment mean that transgender people must now be excluded from same-sex facilities that align with their chosen gender? Does it amount to a bathroom ban or not?</p><p>The supreme court ruled earlier this year that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.<a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgment"> Interim advice</a> released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/29/what-has-happened-since-the-uk-supreme-courts-gender-ruling"> </a>soon after the judgment in effect banned trans people from using facilities according to their lived gender, and its official guidance is expected to closely reflect that advice.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/11/trans-doctor-changing-room-case-does-it-amount-to-a-bathroom-ban">Continue reading...</a>
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