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No discrimination in sex change toilet case

The Court of Appeal ruled that there was no direct sex discrimination where an employee that was in the process of undergoing a sex change, but was still at the pre-operative stage, was banned from using female-only toilets, though allowed to use a unisex disabled toilet.

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