Single sex services
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The transgender burlesque dancer tasked with shaping the future of the Girl Guides – and the zealots who STILL won’t accept them restricting membership to biological women
“Any honest consideration of whether Paula Southin is fit to be in a position of authority within Girlguiding, given these provocative materials, has... - Helen Joyce
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NHS hospitals defy trans ruling
“The term ‘legal gender’ has no basis in law or medicine... NHS bosses think they can test the law by writing rules using... - Fiona McAnena
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Army chiefs ‘failing female soldiers’ over trans guidance
“Women who join the armed forces are not there to provide a gender-affirmation service to discontented male colleagues.” - Maya Forstater
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Green councillors ‘pushed lies to allow trans women in single-sex spaces’
“The claim that trans-identifying men don’t have to be excluded from women’s single-sex facilities by law is totally false.” - Fiona McAnena
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MPs Josh Dean and Chris Hinchliff under fire for ‘pointless’ posturing on Equality Act guidance
“Among MPs’ many roles, one of the most important is as legislators. The ignorance of the law on view in this Early Day... - Helen Joyce
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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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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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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 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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“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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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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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’,... - Maya Forstater
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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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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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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... - Maya Forstater
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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” - Maya Forstater
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Single-sex spaces must be based on biological sex, guidance rules
“If a man walks into a women’s space, it will be not just appropriate to challenge him, but essential” - 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
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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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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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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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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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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.” - Maya Forstater
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EHRC code of practice & Andy Burnham | Helen Joyce on Talk TV
Helen Joyce joins Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk TV to discuss the code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which is expected...
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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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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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Long-awaited guidance published | Helen Joyce on BBC Radio 4
Helen Joyce speaks to BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight about the EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which...
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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... - Maya Forstater
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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.