Nicola Sturgeon has stoked needless divisions over trans rights
The First Minister has stubbornly refused to debate or even particularly to acknowledge her opponents on gender reform.
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How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID
After years of internal divisions over the trans rights debate, the Women’s Equality Party has taken a clear position.
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Eddie Izzard: “Other people have to join the 21st century”
The stand-up comedian and actor on Labour’s trans conflict, immigration and why she’s standing in Sheffield Central.
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The Tories are right to debate the trans issue – it’s not a distraction
Labour is dodging an essential discussion.
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Why we should celebrate the defiant Joanna Cherry
The SNP MP has fought tirelessly to keep her party honest at considerable personal cost.
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Why the gender wars become so extreme
At the extreme end of trans activism, obnoxious behaviour shades into something more pathological.
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Mumsnet’s founder Justine Roberts: “It is a place where women can speak the truth”
The parenting forum has become a powerful political force, and has been repeatedly accused of transphobia. Its CEO explains why…
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Why we should celebrate Yasmin Finney, the first trans Doctor Who companion
When I was a trans teen there was no one like me on TV. Finney will help to ensure that…
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Conversion therapy mistakes being trans for a mental health issue
It is no wonder the government scrapped its LGBT conference after fumbling the issue so badly.
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Inside Labour’s “clusterfuck” week on trans rights
After a succession of embarrassing interviews on trans issues, a blame game has begun at the top of the party.
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Jamie Wallis proves the Tories are better placed than dithering Labour to lead on trans rights
Section 28 was a stain on the Conservatives – the Prime Minister ought to be wary of this in his…
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There’s got to be a better way to include transgender women in sport
Testosterone reduction doesn’t cancel out the overwhelming advantage of athletes such as Lia Thomas and Emily Bridges being born male.
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As a victim of abuse, I once agreed with JK Rowling
My experience now helps me empathise with trans people who feel trapped in their body.
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Our fears are about male abusers, not transgender women
It’s about male abusers – who, as a former specialist sex crimes prosecutor, I know can trick and cajole women.
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Gender-critical feminism is not as popular as its supporters may want you to believe
A new report from one of the world’s largest fact-checkers debunks the notion that the campaign #KeepPrisonsSingleSex has widespread appeal.
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How Sussex University failed Kathleen Stock
The philosophy professor faced a resounding lack of institutional support as the campaign against her intensified.
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The disputed legacy of There’s Something About Miriam: how the “trans trick” lives on
Did the offensive TV dating show with a “twist” sow the seeds for how trans people are depicted today?
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