Starmer is right, the Equality Act already protects single-sex spaces – but he and Sunak are both missing an important point

By Rachel Saunders, PhD researcher, School of Law, University of Nottingham

In their final head-to-head election debate, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak were asked how they would protect women’s rights and single-sex spaces. This has become a part of the wider discussion around transgender rights and identity, specifically whether trans women should have the right to access women-only spaces.

Sunak has vowed to change the Equality Act to clarify that under law, “sex means biological sex”. He said during the debate that this is necessary to protect single-sex spaces. Starmer, on the other hand, said that the Equality Act already provides the framework to protect…

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