UK: People could be asked to prove biological sex under new EHRC code

Sports clubs and hospitals could ask for a person’s birth certificate if there is “genuine concern” about their biological sex under an updated Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) code of practice.

The regulator published updates to the code on Tuesday in light of a Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.

Other changes include guidance that trans people can be excluded from sport “when necessary for reasons of safety or fair competition”.

EHRC chairwoman Baroness Kishwer Falkner said the changes, which will be subject to a six-week public consultation, were intended to satisfy a “demand for authoritative guidance” after the ruling.

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