Female-only toilets will be guaranteed in new buildings amid rise of woke gender neutral loos

FEMALE-only toilets will be guaranteed in new buildings under government plans.

The move follows concerns for privacy and safety in gender-neutral loos, where both sexes share cubicles and hand-washing facilities.

All new public and private buildings like offices must offer separate male and female toilets, or a self-contained private one.

The changes will be made through building regulations and will not affect private homes.

It comes amid concerns over the privacy and safety of women and the elderly in gender neutral facilities.

Publicly accessible toilets are increasingly being converted into fashionable gender neutral loos.

However, women have raised concerns about the loss of same-sex spaces and being forced to share cubicles and hand-washing facilities with men.

Just six per cent of Brits think toilets should be gender neutral only, YouGov polling shows.

New regulations mean women will be guaranteed appropriate facilities either through a single-sex space or private toilet.

The changes will be made through building regulations and will not affect residential buildings.

Women’s minister Kemi Badenoch said: “It is important that everybody has privacy and dignity when using public facilities.

“Yet the move towards ‘gender neutral’ toilets has removed this fundamental right for women and girls.

“These proposals will ensure every new building in England is required to provide separate male and female or unisex facilities, and publish guidance to explain the difference, protecting the dignity, privacy and safety of all.”

Communities Minister Baroness Jane Scott said it is “extremely important” women feel comfortable using public facilities.

A short consultation opens tomorrow.