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It clear that the protections that are afforded to people on the basis of sex only apply to biological sex. the equality act legally protect people from discover nation on a number of grounds such as age or race and sex from discrimination. they say the definition of sex has evolved. the law hasn t kept up with it, they say, so they want to change it, they say, so they want to change it or amend it to make it clear that refers to biological sex. they say that will mean that people who run, for example, domestic abuse groups would be able to exclude people who are not biologically female without fear of getting sued. that is the policy they are putting forward. it would also apply to places like hospital wards, single sex hospital wards. critics of this have accused the conservatives in the past of seeking to stoke divisions or demonise transgender people. what kemi badenoch said in her article for the times newspaper this morning is that they believe this will
Henry zeffman, joins us now. good morning, henry. they customer exactly what those plans are. morning, sarah. the equality act, equality legislation was passed in 2010 and the conservative campaign saysin 2010 and the conservative campaign says in the intervening 14 years, many more people are seeking to change their gender in legal terms and that means that the law is out of date and is being applied in confusing and different ways. and they say if they win the general election, they would amend the law to make clear that whenever it refers to sex, it is referring to biological sex, and they hope that would mean that in certain circumstances, transgender women can be blocked from entering female only spaces such as single sex hospital wards, rape crisis centres, prison