Overview

• The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is preparing to vote on motions rejecting government guidance requiring transgender women to use male facilities in line with a Supreme Court ruling.
• Union activists are calling for potential legal, industrial, and human rights challenges against the guidance, which they argue segregates transgender and non-binary individuals in the workplace.
• A motion from the union rejects biological essentialism and advocates for self-identification policies, allowing individuals to determine their legal gender without medical or bureaucratic hurdles.
• The union also opposes bans on transgender women in female sports teams and criticizes the Cass Review on gender treatment for minors, alleging flawed methodology and political bias.
• Delegates at the PCS annual conference are expected to vote on these motions, while the government’s full code of practice on single-sex facilities remains under consultation until early June.