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A cocktail bar which only accepts mixed gender groups and asks same-sex groups to meet management before their booking can be accepted has been slammed by equality law experts. Lawyers say the venue could be breaching the Equality Act if its policy means LGBT groups are turned away because they make up single-sex parties. Archer Street - which has bars in Soho and Clapham in London - markets itself as an exclusive cocktail lounge. But the bar says it is currently only accepting mixed bookings of men and women as it unlocks following the easing of Government coronavirus rules. It said: Archer Street will only accept bookings of mixed gender groups. We do, on occasion, allow smaller groups of the same-sex, although you may be asked to come down to Archer Street to meet with management, before confirmation of your booking. ....
Boris Johnson. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) The trans community is “exhausted” by repeated consultations on trans rights while women are being “silenced” on the issue of the Gender Recognition Act, a group of politicians has heard. In what will be the first of several evidence sessions, the Women and Equalities Select Committee heard on Wednesday (9 December) from six academics about the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). This forms part of the committee’s Gender Recognition Act inquiry, announced in the wake of Tory equalities chief Liz Truss’ decision, in September, not to reform it. Despite a huge 2018 public consultation finding clear support for comprehensively reforming the GRA – including removing the requirement for trans people to get a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria before being able to have their gender legally recognised, legal recognition for non-binary transgender people, the removal of the “spousal veto” and the lowering of th ....