{"id":9264,"date":"2022-08-17T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&p=9264"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:26:47","slug":"are-non-binary-employees-protected-from-discrimination-at-work","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-strategy\/dei\/are-non-binary-employees-protected-from-discrimination-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Are non-binary employees protected from discrimination at work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Susie Munro<\/strong>, Senior legal editor at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The language of the Equality Act 2010 around gender reassignment discrimination can now seem outdated and raises questions over exactly who the Act covers. Brightmine<\/a> (formerly XpertHR) senior employment law editor Susie Munro looks at the extent of the protection provided to employees who identify as non-binary or gender fluid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it mean to be non-binary or gender fluid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People who are non-binary identify as being outside the gender binary \u2014 i.e., their gender identity is not exclusively male or female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience of non-binary people is not uniform. Some non-binary people describe their gender identity as being somewhere between male and female, others as a gender other than male or female. Some people define themselves as gender fluid, meaning that their gender identity moves between two or more genders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n