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An interim update from the EHRC, published in May, said that “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s facilities and trans men (biological women) should not be permitted to use the men’s facilities, as this will mean that they are no longer single-sex facilities”.

However, a response from Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS), which supports around 455 non-national museums and is funded by the Scottish Government, said EHRC’s proposals may “force some museums to close”, or “risk leaving trans people with no facilities at all” if changes could not be made.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You have to do it right, but yes.

There is a school in the US that converted stalls into actual rooms, which was good. But the way the law was written, the area outside the stalls was considered a prohibited, unisex "changing area' because it was private rather than public. The solution was to make it a public handwashing area. But the way they did it was by cutting a window into the former "changing area" to make it public rather than private.

So it got reported by Republicans as a Democratic attempt to spy on kids in the bathroom. And since it was one of the bathrooms intended to accommodate trans students, it got reported as Republicans trying to spy on trans kids.

Basically, they did everything right, but pissed off everybody in the process.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like they pissed off Republicans. But anything sensible and non-cruel will do that.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

They cut a big hole in the wall of the transgender bathroom.

They pissed off everybody.