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# New equality ruling protects gender non-conforming people
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-equality-ruling-protects-gender-non-conforming-people/
- Published: 2020-09-18T07:34:01.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-17T20:35:15.000Z
- Description: A new addition to the UK Equality Act will provide greater protection to the gender non-conforming community by recognising non-binary identities.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Community, Health, Information, News, Opinion, Out & About, Queer Corner, equality, Gender non-conforming, LGBTQ, LGBTQ UK, Non-binary, Stonewall, Trans, UK, UK News

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A new addition to the **UK Equality Act**, made official on **September 16, 2020**, will provide greater protection to the gender non-conforming community by recognising non-binary identities. According to[ Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/09/16/non-binary-people-protected-by-equality-act-in-landmark-ruling-against-jaguar-land-rover/?ref=scenemag.co.uk#480220ed79be), the amendments to the Equality Act encompass ‘non-binary and gender fluid people’. It confirms these people do ‘fall under the gender reassignment category’ which is already covered in the rulings.

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The ambiguity as to whether the UK Equality Act previously covered non-binary people was brought to public attention when a non-binary **Jaguar** engineer, **Ms Taylor**, was discriminated against on the ground of gender reassignment. Jaguar argued because of Ms Taylor’s non-binary identity, they did not fall within the definition of gender reassignment. **Robin Moira White**, a representative of Ms Taylor, said the new rulings are important in ‘recognising those with complex gender identities’.

A spokesperson from [**Stonewall**](http://www.stonewall.org.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), which campaigns campaigns for the equality of LGBTQ+ people across the UK, said: ‘*This ruling is a milestone moment in recognising the rights of non-binary and gender fluid people to be protected from discrimination under the Equality Act. Up until now, it’s not been clear whether non-binary people would be protected by anti-discrimination legislation, which is what makes this Employment Tribunal judgment so important.’*

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