Labour is accused of betraying women after insisting there is no need to change the law to protect single-sex spaces
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Labour has been accused of betraying women by insisting there is no need to change the law to protect single-sex spaces. Before the election, Sir Keir Starmer had insisted that ‘biological women’s spaces need to be protected’ and that men who legally change sex by obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate do not have the right to enter female-only spaces.
![[The Office for Equality and Opportunity yesterday dismissed fears that many public bodies are wrongly allowing people to use single-sex spaces]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/20/93289995-0-image-a-2_1734552584843.jpg)
But the Office for Equality and Opportunity yesterday dismissed fears that many public bodies are wrongly allowing people to use toilets, changing rooms and domestic abuse refuges based on their self-identified gender rather than biological sex. It said the majority of 404 cases raised by concerned members of the public, after a call for evidence issued by the previous Tory administration, were correctly interpreting Equality Act guidance.
![[Women's Rights supporters protest outside the 'What Is A Woman' trial at the Supreme Court in London. Protesters say that gender is determined at birth and cannot be changed by choice]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/20/93289985-0-image-a-3_1734552588706.jpg)
The department admitted that some organisations were allowing transgender people to access single-sex spaces that matched their self-identified gender - but added that they were not claiming it was required by law. It also acknowledged that 10 per cent of the guidance it studied was misinterpreting equality law, but said this just showed ‘confusion or a lack of awareness’ rather than a need to change the legislation as the Conservatives and women’s rights’ groups had demanded.
