From 5 August 2026, a new statutory Code of Practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission updates their guidance for single-sex toilets, changing facilities, membership schemes and events at cultural spaces. This briefing note explains what has changed, what it means in practice for your organisation, and where the law remains genuinely unsettled, including the position in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

It also sets out the wider protections trans people continue to have under the Equality Act 2010, since compliance and genuine inclusion point in the same direction far more often than they conflict.

Prepared by Keith Arrowsmith at ProArtsPlus for clients and contacts across the creative sector, the note is intended as a practical starting point, not a substitute for advice on your organisation's specific circumstances.