Media coverage — Commentator: Maya Forstater
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EHRC Code of practice | Maya Forstater on Free Speech Nation
Maya Forstater joins Josh Howie on Free Speech Nation GB News to discuss the long-awaited EHRC code of practice for services, public functions...
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Campaigners divided as trans rights activists brand single-sex space rules ‘a mess’
“Service providers have been put on notice that if they respond by getting rid of single sex facilities and going fully ‘gender neutral’,...
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Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
“The new guidance is long and detailed, but at its heart is a simple principle: ‘sex’ means what it says – male and...
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EHRC Code of Practice | Maya Forstater on Sky News
Maya Forstater joins Sky to discuss the EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which was laid before Parliament today.
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“Organisations have been breaching the law” | Maya Forstater on BBC News
Maya Forstater speaks to BBC News about the EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which was laid before Parliament...
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“This updated code of practice is long overdue. Confusion flourished during the delay in laying it before Parliament. The publication of its replacement will mark an important turning point and a return to upholding women’s sex-based rights.”
“If a man walks into a women’s space, it will be not just appropriate to challenge him, but essential”
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Measures to protect single-sex spaces must be enacted without delay
Challenging men who use women’s spaces is essential, “otherwise women’s rights to single-sex spaces cannot be enforced”
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Trans women barred from female toilets as campaigners warn ‘no more excuses’
“Finally, there are no more excuses for the many public and private sector organisations that said they were ‘waiting for guidance’ before fixing...
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Don’t challenge trans women about their gender, says Phillipson’s new guidance
“The guidance could be clearer that service providers are entitled to ask people to state their sex, and to require an honest answer.”
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Andy Burnham urged to reveal whether he still backs trans self-ID
“Any politician who continues to support the position that ‘trans women are women’ now can’t use the excuse that they don’t see the...
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NHS faces thousands of discrimination claims from female staff after tribunal finds it wrongly allowed transgender women to use single-sex toilets
“It’s shameful that it has taken the bravery of individual women such as the claimant in this case to pressure the NHS to...
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Hampstead Heath spends £1m on ‘privacy’ upgrades after letting trans swimmers in women’s pond
“Despite the fact that the Equality Act and the Supreme Court expressly recognise that single-sex services are legitimate and lawful, the City of...
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Sex Matters records £1.43m income in first year as charity
“Much of our work this year has been about pressing institutions, employers, regulators, schools, sports bodies and public authorities to follow the law.”
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The OfS should appeal against the flawed Sussex free-speech ruling
Maya Forstater wrote for Times Higher Education on the High Court judgment in the University of Sussex’s case against the Office for Students....
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GCSE pupils taught it is their civic duty not to offend anyone
“...suggesting that single sex toilets for women and men are a form of discrimination and inequality. Separate sex facilities are the exact opposite:...
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Pond Row Deepens as Chiefs Back Trans Access
“Users will be told ‘They should not challenge other users regarding their sex or gender’ even if this means women and girls being...
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London beauty spot set to keep ‘trans-inclusive’ swimming ponds – despite High Court ruling
“The City of London is proposing to continue allowing fully intact males into the women's bathing pond, including changing rooms and showers which...
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Keep Hampstead ponds access as is, body recommends
“This proposed policy is simply unlawful. It is operating as if Hampstead Heath is an enclave that is outside of the law.”
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Hampstead Heath bathing ponds should remain ‘trans-inclusive’, bosses say
“Dismissing the negative impact on women and girls, the Corporation says that staff should not be concerned about the ‘perceived characteristics of users’...
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No excuse for ignoring the law | Maya Forstater on GB News
Maya Forstater joins Cameron Walker and Olivia Utley to talk about the one-year anniversary of the landmark For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling.
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Girl Guides switch to Scouts amid trans row
“Girlguiding is learning the hard way that there is no easy path back from pretending that men and boys could be female.”
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Keir Starmer accused of treating women’s rights as ‘negotiable’ as Government continues to delay rules on single-sex spaces
“Women whose appearance has been altered through hormones and surgery to look like men, many of whom are young and vulnerable, need to...
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EHRC code expected in May | Maya Forstater on Talk TV
Maya Forstater joins Ian Collins on Talk TV to discuss the announcement that Bridget Phillipson will lay the updated EHRC code of practice...
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Single-sex space guidance for organisations to be published after May elections
“It’s extraordinary that a year after the Supreme Court judgment... the government has found another excuse for delaying the guidance”.
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Phillipson delays trans guidance until after elections
“The government has still not brought its own policies into line with the law. Whitehall must withdraw their own unlawful policies”.
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Bridget Phillipson accused of using upcoming elections as ‘excuse’ for failing to publish long-awaited guidance on single-sex services a year after landmark Supreme Court ruling
“It’s extraordinary that a year after the Supreme Court judgment, and seven months after the independent regulator first submitted its code of practice,...
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Government update on EHRC code | Maya Forstater on Talk TV
Maya Forstater joins Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk TV to discuss the announcement that Bridget Phillipson will lay the updated EHRC code of practice...
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EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender
“The statement that the government has ‘always supported the protection of single-sex spaces’ is a slap in the face to women and girls...
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“It takes courage to stand up for women and girls” | Maya Forstater on GB News
Maya Forstater joins Nana Akua on GB News to discuss Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s latest criticism of Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and...
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Prisons and Girlguiding | Maya Forstater on Talk TV
Maya Forstater joins Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk TV to discuss Paris Green, a male prisoner who is being moved from female prison to...
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Girl Guides facing legal action for delaying trans ban
“This policy was always obviously dangerous, and is now undeniably unlawful too. Girlguiding UK must mitigate these risks with interim policies that ensure...