The Good Law Project (GLP) lost its legal challenge against the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) interim advice about transgender people's access to bathrooms and changing rooms. The EHRC had advised that transgender people must not use facilities based on their lived gender. This advice was published soon after last April's Supreme Court ruling on biological sex but was later removed from the EHRC website. On Friday, Mr Justice Swift ruled the GLP "does not have standing to bring the challenge in this case.” He also rejected the claim that the advice was rushed, legally flawed, or unfair to transgender and intersex people who had used these services for years. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, EHRC chair, welcomed the decision, saying, "As Britain’s equality regulator, we uphold and enforce the Equality Act. This is the second time the way we have done our duty in the wake of the supreme court’s ruling has been tested in the courts. Both times our actions have been found to be lawful." The ruling acknowledged that allowing a trans woman to use a female toilet may not be discrimination against biological men as some argued. However, Justice Swift said forcing transgender employees to use unisex toilets and ‘out’ themselves was not legally seen as unfair treatment. He stated, "up to a point, being the subject of comment by others is burden that anyone can expect to bear from time to time, and ought not to be a foundation for legal redress." Jolyon Maugham, GLP’s director, criticized this as "deeply troubling" dismissal of the real dangers faced by trans people and announced plans to appeal. He urged the judiciary to listen more to transgender people's experiences. Melanie Field, involved in drafting the Equality Act, said the judgment “has not provided the clarity many were hoping for.” She noted practical challenges, including the impact on single-sex facilities and dignity for trans and disabled people. Field welcomed the reduced risk for women’s services being sued but called for clear government policies reflecting society’s treatment of trans people. This high court judgment boosts groups frustrated by slow application of the Supreme Court ruling. For Women Scotland, a gender-critical group involved in the original challenge, has again taken the Scottish government to court over transgender prisoner housing rules. Maya Forstater, chief of the gender-critical group Sex Matters, urged the UK government’s equalities minister to present the full EHRC code of practice to parliament immediately. Ministers are still reviewing final EHRC guidance on how public bodies and businesses should apply the Supreme Court ruling. Changes aim to reduce business impact while balancing the needs of single-sex spaces and transgender lives, under EHRC chair Stephenson’s lead.