Civil servants to be punished for 'misgendering' their colleagues

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Civil servants are set to be punished for "misgendering" their colleagues, leaked Whitehall guidance has revealed.

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A Cabinet Office document, classified as "official sensitive", outlines workplace conduct rules regarding trans staff across Government departments.According to the guidance, "deliberate deadnaming or misgendering to deny, mock or invalidate a person's trans identity is unacceptable and should be investigated as potential misconduct".Staff who tell their trans colleagues they "may not use facilities of your affirmed gender which are designated as single-sex" are also at risk.The policy has been revised following last year's Supreme Court judgment which confirmed sex under the Equality Act is a biological definition.Ministers have until now declined to make the guidance public.A Cabinet Office spokesman previously told The Telegraph that sharing the draft was not appropriate, saying: "Under legislation, as has been the case under successive Governments, policy which is...

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