Joanne Lockwood

The EHRC Could Have Chosen Dignity

What a less harsh Code of Practice could have said after *For Women Scotland* — while still accepting that “sex” means biological sex under the Equality Act 2010

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Joanne Lockwood
Jun 06, 2026
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By Joanne Lockwood (she/her) FIEDP FRSA FPSA – Written from lived experience, not from the sidelines.

There is a hard truth we have to start with. After For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the legal meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 is now anchored to biological sex. That is the terrain we are on. We do not have to like it, and we do not…

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