Full Council Chaos. Bristol City Council refusing to implement single sex services

This is horrific

Unisex spaces are less safe statistically than single sex spaces, for women. Why on earth would we want to build them?
Our safety isn't a social experiment.

It is a problem with a huge swathe of the current identitarian, usually younger, middle class left in recent years.

Not the "whole of the left". Framing it as such (and as merely a left-right battle as if one side are the goodies and the other the baddies so if only we'd "vote correctly" all would be solved) is inaccurate and not especially helpful. The labelling also doesn't really get to the root of the problem, any more than fingerpointing and labelling anyone slightly to the right of Corbyn as "far right and thus evil" resolves any of the bubbling societal issues that led to Brexit, for instance.

We live in a supposedly pluralistic, democratic society. The issue in this case is acceptance and active promotion of authoritarianism and intolerance at a local government level towards members of the public. This is misuse of power. And lack of comprehension as to whdt the role of public representative is actually supposed to entail in a supposed democracy.

This is objectively not true.
We can look at the stats which others have already quoted and we can listen to the life experience of Women and girls, to know Bristol is not safe.
Also the council chamber rejected Women's participation in democracy.

But I agree with the premise of what dizzydizzydizzy is saying

Mixed Sex - both sexes use at the same time
Unisex- either sex can use but not at the same time.

Mixed sex.
There are two sexes.

And yes mixed sex spaces exist
but in many situations (eg workplace toilets and washrooms) they are illegal

I’m sure you are right.

However, I think it is possible to build and manage safe unisex spaces. The economic reality is that unisex spaces usually cost a lot less to create and run. It’a both a question of what level of risk we are prepared to accept and also what level of cost.

That woman thought she was being so clever - smirking away with her ridiculous non answers.

A yes/no question might be revealing next time

“following the SC judgement clarifying that for the purposes of the Equality Act will you be adopting the ruling of the court?”

And maybe “if not, why not?”

Huge kudos to those brave ladies who went there and faced those awful people though.

Bristol City Council is controlled by the Greens and, before that Labour. So this is a problem with the Left,in tbis aituation

Certain issues are neither "left" nor "right"

Both the extreme left and extreme right are deeply misogynist

It is not possible to categorise the political hue of people by their stance on the rights of women

Julie Burchill and Julie Bindel are cases in point

To be honest, yes.

Unfortunately there have been quite a few cases of voyeurism in changing villages:

https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2026/7/man-sentenced-for-voyeurism-in-widnes/

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/26251456.heysham-man-40s-charged-voyeurism-drug-offences/

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2025-10-20/man-who-spied-on-children-in-butlins-changing-rooms-is-jailed

I don’t keep a file of these btw, that is just from a quick search…
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And yet many of us lefties do in fact OPPOSE genderwang. And on the basis of our political views, in fact.

So you're missing the point with this, really. Nobody is saying that Tommy Robinson et al support it. But there re plenty of "far left" people who oppose it, and thus it's inaccurate and lazy to claim it is the "far left" who are supporting it as if we all do. We don't. I don't consider those who do to know much about socialism or are particular "left wing" either, however they identify. They are largely middle class identitarians.

Thank you. I quite agree. The "far left" "far right" framing has become extremely tiresome and is inaccurate.

As you say, the Communist party & Morning Star are both "far left". Both of them fundamentally oppose men in women's spaces and services and promote material reality and class analysis over fashionably batshit postmodernist identitarian theories of "gender". And many women in the UK who oppose "gender" ideology come from a left wing feminist background, even if many now feel politically homeless. It doesn't mean they're "conservative" or "right wing" or even "hate the left". I'm sick of this framing. We are not all a hive mind.

Left wing material feminists are not "far right" nor influenced by the right, or indeed conservative about sex roles, which anyone who understands the social history of women's rights and feminism in this country should know. And claiming ALL "lefties" agree with this ridiculous authoritarian stance as espoused by Bristol council is inaccurate. A great many don't. Because it's pathetic.

Meanwhile, I do not support political violence and authoritarianism whichever 'side' it comes from. Bristol council are failing in their duty to those they are supposed to represent. Bunch of idiots.

First of all, Bristol Council needs to be sued. A lot. And now. That's the only thing that will stop this, because they seem determined to flout the law.
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Oh my mistake, the 'far right' that everyone is banging on about is, the Gender Idiots, can't believe I didn't see it before.

Tommy Robinson and India Wanaby are on the same side of the political aisle, a bit like Queers for Pally.

This cartoon never gets old

Exactly. I’d argue Reform still haven’t properly cottoned onto to the absolute goldmine it is for beclowning your political opponents. Kemi knows.

100% this. Transgenderism is the ultimate individualistic consumerist capitalist movement. There is nothing progressive or left wing about it.

Women aren’t “safe” anywhere, I highly doubt Bristol is the shining exception.

Sorry who are safe? If you want to make assertions one way or another you need to pin down who you are talking about.

What other laws does Bristol Council not follow because it doesn't agree with them?

Self ID was initially proposed by Theresa May's government.

Right wing politicians only really got interested when they realised that the left were scoring an own goal.

They certainly didn't want to help a bunch of feminists defend their rights.