Kemi Badenoch says 'trans people can use disabled toilets' after being 'vindicated' by Supreme Court ruling
'Almost all businesses I see have disabled loos, they are unisex, different from gender neutral,' the Tory leader said
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Trans people can use disabled toilets following the Supreme Court's ruling on sex and gender, Kemi Badenoch has claimed.
The Tory leader, who argued she felt "very vindicated" by the ruling on the Equality Act, said “almost all businesses” have a disabled lavatories and because they are usually unisex they can be used by trans people.
Speaking to ITV this morning, Badenoch said: “Most, if not all, organisations have a way of dealing with this. Not having gender-neutral loos is one of the easiest things that you can do.
“Almost all businesses I see have disabled loos, they are unisex, different from gender neutral. Trans people can use those.
“But if you are providing a single-sex space, it has to be a single-sex space and the Supreme Court has said, as I always had, that sex is biological, it is not something that you just act, it is biological.”
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 "refer to a biological woman and biological sex".
The debate had divided opinion across the UK, with women's rights activists like JK Rowling often at loggerheads with trans campaigners.
There were jubilant scenes from For Women Scotland activists outside the Supreme Court following the ruling.
However, trans campaigners staged a series of counter-protests over the weekend, prompting Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to condemn the defacing of historic statues in Westminster.
Badenoch's comments about feeling "vindicated" by the decision come after she brought forward new requirements for new public buildings to have single-sex lavatories facilities as Equalities Minister.
The now-Tory leader introduced the measures in a bid to stop the march of gender-neutral lavatories where users share cubicle and hand-washing facilities.
Despite Sir Keir Starmer throwing his weight behind the Supreme Court's ruling, a gaggle of left-wing MPs look set to challenge the Equality & Human Rights Commission's interim guidance.
After leaked WhatsApp messages revealed a number of high-profile Labour MPs were plotting to fight against the ruling, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer described the guidance as "ill-considered and impractical".
However, Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden confirmed that the Government will follow the EHRC guidance.
McFadden told the BBC the "logical consequence" was "that people use the facilities of their biological sex".
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster added: "Look, in reality, when you say ban, am I going to be standing outside toilets? I'm probably not - there isn't going to be toilet police."
