Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK | Transgender
A collection of groups campaigning on transsexual issues called on the main human rights organ of Europe to investigate the UK on the implementation of the Supreme Court’s gender decision.
In a joint letter to the Council of Europe, organizations, transsexual people to use the toilets of the gender or are prohibited from participating in one -sexed organizations, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), saying that the violation of the gender, said the gender placed them in a “intermediate zone”.
Five groups, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, Transacaly, Equality Network and Scottish Trans, Transfer Network and Feminist Gender Equality Network, asking the Council to report about trans rights in the UK, adding the following by adding the following.
The letter follows that the “woman” and “gender ında in the Equality Law of the Supreme Court of April decides that it only refers to a biological woman and biological gender.
In his 8 -page decision, the court said that although the word “biological” does not appear in the definition of male or female in the Equality Law, the ordinary meaning of these simple and clear words corresponds to biological features that make a individual a male or female ”.
“Sex” does not only mean biological sex in the 2010 legislation, he said that the providers of uniform areas, including locker rooms, homeless pensions and medical services, will face “practical challenges ..
Justice added: “In fair and context, the provisions related to one -gender services can only be interpreted by reference to biological gender.”
According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission consulting the guidance after official management, this summer, transgender people should not be allowed to use the toilets or changing areas of the gender and in some cases they cannot use the toilet of their sexual gender.
The letter argues that it will leave transsexual people dependent on gender -independent facilities, and that they often do not use their use, mandate their use may require transparent people to leave themselves out ”.
He also argues that the temporary advice that the gender of the transgender people will not be allowed to participate in single sex associations will place them in the “intermediate region olan, which is a violation of the right to respect private life in accordance with Article 8 of the Sech.
The contract is interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights, which is separate from the EU and is part of the Strasbourg -based Council of Europe, where the UK is a member.
Jess O’thomson from the trans+ solidarity alliance said that trans people experienced a ör return guidance even before the final guidance is published before the implementation of the decision: “This, in the hope that it will encourage our politicians to listen and take action, we want a report to open a report on the situation of human rights in the UK.”
Rebecca Don Kennedy, the General Manager of the Equality Network, said: “The transparent people and allies in the United Kingdom are horrified from the chain of recent events following the Supreme Court’s decision in April. The autonomy, freedom and dignity of trans people should value equality and human rights.
“Trans people have the right to public life and dignity in social interaction, they have the right to use the toilet safely and quit knowing that they can build their homes. The right to confidentiality has the right to participate in the clubs that have the right to interact with the world, and who are completely celebrating and welcoming them.”
