Gender-critical campaigners are suing SNP ministers for defying the Supreme Court ruling over the definition of a woman.
For Women Scotland said it had “little choice but to initiate further legal action” after the Scottish Government failed to issue updated policies on access to female-only safe spaces.
Formal proceedings have started in the effort to quash guidance for schools that states pupils should be able to use the lavatories and changing facilities they “feel most comfortable with”.
It also allows biological boys to compete against girls in school sports if they say they identify as female, The Sunday Times reported.
In addition, the campaign group’s legal action is targeting rules in Scottish prisons, which allow biologically male prisoners to be housed in women’s jails in certain circumstances.
Some public bodies, including the Scottish Parliament and Police Scotland, have issued updated guidance banning trans people from using single-sex toilets and changing rooms.
John Swinney, the First Minister, said the rest of the public sector should await guidance on implementing the ruling from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) before acting.
But interim guidance has been issued by the equalities watchdog stating that access to single-sex facilities in workplaces and public services should be based on biological sex.
The EHRC has also told the Scottish Government it did not need to delay, noting that the law was already set out in the Supreme Court’s “very readable” ruling and this was “effective immediately”.
Source: Gender-critical campaigners sue SNP ministers for defying trans ruling