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Transgender-Rights Rulings Warrant New Look, Supreme Court Says
Transgender-Rights Rulings Warrant New Look, Supreme Court Says

Bloomberg

time21 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Bloomberg

Transgender-Rights Rulings Warrant New Look, Supreme Court Says

The US Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of rulings backing transgender rights in clashes over health care and birth certificates, while holding off saying whether the justices will take up a polarizing fight over sports participation in their next term. The actions Monday came in a lengthy list of orders as the court disposed of dozens of appeals in the wind-down to its nine-month term. The reconsideration orders follow a June 18 ruling that let Tennessee and other states ban transgender minors from getting puberty blockers, hormone treatments and surgery.

Gyms and hospitals ‘can request birth certificates' to prove sex
Gyms and hospitals ‘can request birth certificates' to prove sex

Times

time20-05-2025

  • Health
  • Times

Gyms and hospitals ‘can request birth certificates' to prove sex

Hospitals, sports clubs and leisure centres will be allowed to request birth certificates to ensure single-sex services are protected, Britain's equality regulator has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that 'justified' inquiries could be made about a person's birth sex or legal changes made to their gender — but said this could be classed as discrimination if it was not done in a sensitive way. The EHRC has opened a consultation on its updated statutory guidance on applying the Equality Act, after the Supreme Court ruled last month that the legal definition of a woman must be based on biological sex. The guidance is intended to set out how public buildings such as shops, hospitals and sports clubs should interpret the Equality

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