Following the ruling of the Supreme Court on the definition of 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010, NUS has published a series of resources to help students' unions, student groups and students activists to fight back against the rolling back of trans rights.
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EHRC Consultation - closes 11:59pm on Monday 30 June
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a consultation on its code of practice for services, public functions and associations.
This is a vital consultation for trans and non-binary students and people across the UK, and on 6th June 2025 NUS published guidance for students' unions on submitting organisational responses to consultation.
What can students' unions / students' associations do?
We need as many SUs / SAs as possible to respond to the consultation as organisations to achieve a nationally coordinated student movement response.
- Submit an organisational response from the SU based on our guidance
- Meet with your institution and encourage them to submit a response that is as aligned as possible, taking our guidance, and your SUs response into consideration
- Encourage student groups to submit responses – especially women’s societies, LGBTQ+ and Trans groups/networks
- Mobilise individual students to respond through Pride Month comms and point them to Transactual’s guidance
What can individual students do?
Transactual, Scottish Trans and Mermaids, who have produced detailed guidance for individual respondents. We would encourage any individuals who are seeking to respond to the EHRC Consultation to make use of this guidance alongside NUS UK’s.
NUS guidance on Trans Inclusion on campuses and in education
On 19th May 2025 NUS published guidance containing practical information and recommendations to help protect trans and non-binary students from discrimination and to ensure their inclusion in education and student life.
Useful resources from other organisations
Transactual are a UK-based community interest company set up in 2017. It is run by trans people and seeks to create “a world where trans people can live safely, in dignity and with access to the healthcare that we need”. Transactual offers free information, briefings, research and legal guidance on a range of matters. They also offer training, consultancy, and speakers. https://transactual.org.uk/
Gendered Intelligence are a UK-based trans-led charity aiming to “increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people”. GI facilitates groups for trans people and families of trans people, as well as offering training, resources and consultancy. https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/
The Good Law Project are a UK-based campaigning organisation who bring legal challenges and undertake investigations into unjust rulings and activities of government, companies, and powerful individuals. They “exist to hold power to account”. They have launched a crowdfunder to bring a legal challenge to the Supreme Court’s judgement on trans rights. Find out more here: https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-transpeople/
Stonewall are the UK’s leading campaigning organisation for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK. They are proudly trans-inclusive and pro-trans rights and offer a range of resources, training, consultancy, and campaigns to get involved in. https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
Goal Diggers Football Club launched a campaign to resist the FA’s decision to exclude trans women from women’s football in England from 1 June 2025. https://www.goaldiggersfootballclub.com/open-letter-to-the-fa
