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Row over Scottish Parliament decision on single-sex toilets
People from trans rights groups and community organisations take part in a rally outside Queen Elizabeth House, the UK Government building in Edinburgh, following the Supreme Court ruling earlier that week, April 19, 2025
THE Scottish Parliament will make access to its single-sex toilets conditional on biological sex from Monday.
After the recent Supreme Court ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex,” the Scottish Parliament’s corporate body (SPCB) ruled that from Monday May 12, it would “provide male-only and female-only facilities as well as gender-neutral and accessible facilities.”
Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone said the interim move was to “ensure we fulfil our legal responsibilities,” adding it would offer “all individuals confidence, privacy and dignity when using our facilities.”
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