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BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 01/06/2026 14:12

Trans people also suffer from high rates of domestic abuse and need access to services.

I didn't see a reference for this in the article. Does anyone know if this is true?
(I mean a rate of 50% out of two people isn't really saying much, but if it's 20% out of 200,000 people, that's significant).

KnottyAuty · 01/06/2026 14:08

Whaaat? Did something weird happen over half term thats caused a paradigm shift?

SomersetBrie · 01/06/2026 14:07

Wow, I am shocked.

I read it quickly but am I right in thinking that this line
So far, Reform UK is the only party with a plan to repeal the Equality Act.

means that Reform are more of a threat to single spaces than how the law is looking at the moment?

PrettyDamnCosmic · 01/06/2026 14:07

Susanna Rustin has always been reliably GC.

murasaki · 01/06/2026 14:07

Good article. This bit in particular.

'Biological drives need not come into it. The point is, first, that a gender transition – particularly one made later in life – cannot erase the previous person, and everything that went into shaping them. And second, that since there is no objective test of gender identity, there is also no failsafe way to distinguish a transgender woman from a man who wishes to access female spaces.'

I'm surprised to see it in the Guardian. Kath Viner must be on holiday...

MarieDeGournay · 01/06/2026 14:05

spannasaurus · 01/06/2026 13:53

I did not expect that from the Guardian

'Mercy, it's the revolution!'😁

Guardian gets it right
lanadelgrey · 01/06/2026 14:05

Susanna Rustin has written from sex realist point of view before and spoken at WPUK and FiLiA events

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Binglebong · 01/06/2026 14:04

Scary!

HenriettaSwanLeavitt · 01/06/2026 14:04

Wow. The article even included some facts that 'back up the gender critical view'. 💚💜

Columbidae · 01/06/2026 14:02

Really good article, thanks OP.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/anFuP

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 01/06/2026 14:00

Bridget Phillipson, the women and equalities minister, said that avoiding any new "burden on business" was one of the reasons why the revised guidance has taken more than a year to arrive.

Yeah, sure, Bridge. You just ran out of road and excuses.

Iwishihadariver · 01/06/2026 13:58

What a sensible article and so good to see it clearly said that it is not just about toilets. People need to hear all the strong arguments for single sex exceptions for refuges, prisons, hospital wards, personal social care at home, lesbian groups, changing rooms etc. Thanks fir the share OP.

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 01/06/2026 13:55

Headline: The Guardian decides that the wind is blowing that way ➡

spannasaurus · 01/06/2026 13:53

I did not expect that from the Guardian

PinkFrogss · 01/06/2026 13:53

Brilliant article and even more brilliant to see it published in the guardian. Thank you for sharing OP