Don’t impose a “bathroom ban” on transgender people

Background

Trans women have been using the women's toilets (and trans men the men's toilets) for at least 45 years in the UK. It has never been illegal. The government should ensure that trans people can continue to safely use the toilets appropriate to their gender identity.

Additional details

Forcing trans women into the men's toilets and trans men into the women's exposes them to humiliation, harassment, and danger. It publicly “outs” them as trans, which the ECHR ruled is a violation of the right to private life (Goodwin 2002). As does requiring them to use separate unisex toilets, which mostly aren't available anyway. In addition, it puts all gender-non-conforming people at risk of being harassed and having security called on them because someone thinks they might be trans.