UK: Equality watch-dog issues new guidance for employers on women-only jobs

Article here. Excerpt:

'This new guidance that makes clear men who self-identity as women are not female and should not be recruited as such. This makes it fairer on the women who apply and the people who rely on a woman being in that role for reasons of privacy, dignity and safety.

However this new guidance also says men who change their legal status to female by obtaining a GRC can be recruited into a female role.

This highlights the absurdity of a law that expects a woman to waive her need for privacy or safety simply because a man gets a certificate.
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This new guidance is a step in the right direction. It bars the majority of men who identity as women from getting jobs reserved for women. Most transgender males do not have a GRC. But it leaves open a loophole for a small number to access these jobs with a GRC. More progress is needed before this is truly fair on women.'