The Committee on Equality and Human Rights, which is responsible for enforcing the 2010 Equality Act, has issued new directives in a bid to clarify the legislation. The guidance will be welcomed by women’s rights activists who have argued that transgender male-born individuals should not be allowed to use places designed to protect women, such as shelters for rape and domestic abuse. The guardian believes that under the Equality Act, such exceptions apply to those born to men and self-identifying as women, and to trans women who have received gender identity certificates. The committee said that under current law, businesses and more
