Media coverage • Page 2
Selected press, online and broadcast coverage
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Attacks by trans activists force equalities watchdog to move office
“It’s scandalous that the EHRC had to move offices after ugly protests and vandalism by trans activists.” - Fiona McAnena
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Trans suspects can demand strip search by female officer
Daniel Martin for The Telegraph covered our judicial review of guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council that includes provision for female officers...
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Vote on men in the Ladies’ Pond | Maya Forstater on GB News
Maya Forstater joins GB News to discuss the news that City of London councillors have voted to continue to allow trans-identifying males to...
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Hampstead Heath ponds to remain open for transgender users
“City of London Corporation members voted to unlawfully discriminate against and harass women using the Ladies’ Pond.” - Fiona McAnena
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Trans women permitted to continue using Hampstead Heath pond
“The clue is in the name: female users don’t expect to encounter male people in bikinis or sometimes even naked in the showers... - Fiona McAnena
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Parliament offers staff mental health support over new trans guidance
“What message does this send to the many women in the parliamentary estate who are delighted by the prospect that their sex-based rights... - Helen Joyce
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Hampstead Heath to keep bathing ponds ‘trans-inclusive’
“Female users don’t expect to encounter male people in bikinis or naked in the showers at the ladies’ pond, but that is what... - Fiona McAnena
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Hampstead Heath bathing ponds will remain ‘trans-inclusive’
Matt Watts for The Standard covered the news that City of London councillors have voted in favour of a policy that would enable...
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Hampstead Heath Kenwood Ladies’ Pond to stay trans inclusive
Bridget Galton for Ham & High covered the news that City of London councillors have voted in favour of a policy that would...
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Hampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rules
“The whole policy is an unlawful mess and it’s a disgrace that London councillors think that they can ride roughshod over the law.” - Fiona McAnena
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The new EHRC code isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets – it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces
Susanna Rustin for The Guardian wrote that the EHRC code of practice protects a range of vital single-sex spaces, not just toilets, and...
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Labour’s new Health Secretary reverses his past claim that ‘trans women are women’ as he vows to protect single-sex spaces in NHS
“It's great to see that the new Health Secretary now understands he was wrong to unquestioningly repeat the slogan ‘trans women are women’.” - Maya Forstater
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Church that told trans women they could use female-only lavatories accused of ‘brazenly’ defying the law
“Instead of offering chaperons to women who don’t want to be confronted with men in the ladies’ toilets in accordance with the law,... - Maya Forstater
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Lloyds Bank bans trans women from using female lavatories
Louis Goss for The Telegraph broke the news that Lloyds Bank has updated its policy on single-sex facilities and told staff to use...
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Pro-trans church ‘brazenly defies law’ on women’s lavatories
“Sunderland Minster is brazenly and foolishly encouraging people to break the law with this sign, and offering a patronising compromise to women who... - Maya Forstater
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“Decent men stay out of women’s spaces” | Fiona McAnena on Talk TV
Fiona McAnena joins Julia Hartley-Brewer on TalkTV to discuss the “asking about sex” section of the new EHRC code of practice, laid before...
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Scottish universities slammed as only one has banned biological men from women’s spaces
“These universities are prioritising the feelings of young men who say they are women…. The message to women and girls is that they... - Fiona McAnena
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Single sex space guidance published by Government
“Any business, charity or public service provider that took a wrong turn and started letting men who identify as women use women’s spaces... - Maya Forstater
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Scottish Prison Service erasing women | Fiona McAnena on GB News
Fiona McAnena joins Martin Daubney on GB News to discuss the Scottish Prison Service’s new maternity policy, which erases the term “mother”, and...
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Labour’s trans guidance ‘poses danger to women’
“Sex is not special category data. It is ordinary personal data which can be used routinely, just like other personal information such as... - Maya Forstater
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SPS still does not recognise women despite Supreme Court ruling
“It’s not ‘inclusive’ to use language that erases the term ‘mother’ … Referring to mothers who have experienced stillbirth as simply ‘employees’ is... - Fiona McAnena
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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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BBC boss under pressure to ‘weed out trans activists’
“If the BBC is to win back credibility and public trust, Matt Brittin needs to weed out the trans activists and reassure staff... - Fiona McAnena
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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’,... - Maya Forstater
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EHRC Code of practice laid before parliament | Fiona McAnena on Talk TV
Fiona McAnena speaks to Jeremy Kyle on Talk TV about the long-awaited EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which...
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New EHRC Code of practice | Helen Joyce on BBC Radio 2
Helen Joyce joins Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 to discuss the long-awaited EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations,...
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Single-sex spaces guidance due to be published
“This updated code of practice is long overdue. Confusion flourished during the delay in laying it before Parliament. The publication of its replacement... - Helen Joyce
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Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets
“There never was any reason for employers and service providers to wait for this guidance before implementing the law... But once the EHRC’s... - Helen Joyce
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Bridget Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets in single-sex guidance
“All the organisations – including the NHS, local councils and government departments – which fell for the lie that equality law required them... - Helen Joyce
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Police Scotland offers £7,000 in gift cards to panel advising on pronouns
“This is yet another instance of police forces falling over themselves to virtue-signal and pander to one community at the expense of everyone... - Fiona McAnena
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Transgender people should NOT be asked what sex they are in toilets, long-awaited guidance from Britain’s equalities watchdog states
“It’s absurd to say that it is ‘unlikely to be either practical or appropriate’ to ask an individual what sex they are in... - Maya Forstater
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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... - Maya Forstater