James Murray, the new Health Secretary, has changed his mind on the phrase 'trans women are women' and vowed to protect single-sex spaces in the NHS on the basis of sex.
Labour 's new Health Secretary James Murray has reversed his stance on the phrase ' trans women are women' and vowed to protect single-sex spaces in the NHS on the basis of sex.
Murray made the comments in a BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview, where he said he had thought 'in quite some detail' about his use of the phrase in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. The Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning the sex of a person at birth.
Murray stated that he had changed his mind on the issue and no longer uses the phrase 'trans women are women'. He also emphasized the importance of protecting single-sex spaces in the NHS on the basis of sex, while also recognizing the dignity of trans people. The Health Secretary added that single-sex spaces within the NHS need to be protected on the basis of sex.
Maya Forstater, CEO of sex-based rights charity Sex Matters, welcomed Murray's new stance, but emphasized that NHS policies and language need to be updated to match. Forstater called for the removal of Annex B, which states that single-sex wards must operate on the basis of 'gender identity', and for the restoration of sex-based language in patient information and records. The Government published long-awaited guidance last month, which confirmed that single-sex services must be on the basis of biological sex.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance stated that trans patients can be excluded from single-sex services based on their biological sex. The NHS is currently reviewing the EHRC guidance with the aim of publishing draft guidance for the health service shortly
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