Government distances itself from ‘Lavatory Tsar’ claims
1 year, 4 months ago

Government distances itself from ‘Lavatory Tsar’ claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Rishi Sunak’s government has distanced itself from the idea of a “Lavatory Tsar” after it was mocked for its new public toilets strategy. It came as the government weighed into a fresh “culture war” row over bathrooms, announcing plans to crack down on gender-neutral toilets. Launching her new crackdown, the equalities minister said that the widespread switch to gender-neutral toilets had removed the “fundamental right” of women and girls to “privacy, dignity and safety”. Nobody refers to them as gender-neutral bathrooms – they are just bathrooms.” The government has previously been accused of using gender-neutral toilets and other trans-related issues to stoke divisions in a “war on wokeism”.

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I’m non-binary – why does it bother you which toilets I use?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

I’m non-binary – why does it bother you which toilets I use?

The Independent  

As a non-binary person, when I wake up in the morning I love nothing more than walking to my own personal bathroom and gleefully pledging my allegiance to gender neutrality. Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch promised the move will end “the rise of so-called ‘gender-neutral’ mixed sex toilet spaces, which deny privacy and dignity to both men and women”. …

Fury over official trans and non-binary guidance to HR staff: Gender-critical campaigners slam 'impractical' advice that says refusing transgender women access to female-only toilets at work may be di
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Fury over official trans and non-binary guidance to HR staff: Gender-critical campaigners slam 'impractical' advice that says refusing transgender women access to female-only toilets at work may be di

Daily Mail  

A major British industry group has been accused of publishing impractical guidance over whether self-identifying transgender women can use single-sex spaces. It comes after Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch asked people last Wednesday to give examples of how public bodies use incorrect guidance on access to single-sex spaces. Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch asked people last week to give examples of how …

Gender-neutral lavatories ‘have more germs than single-sex ones’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gender-neutral lavatories ‘have more germs than single-sex ones’

The Telegraph  

Gender-neutral lavatories carry the most germs, research suggests. Scientists said the findings about gender-neutral lavatories, which also included disabled facilities, might reflect heavier overall use, on top of different attitudes to cleanliness between men and women. “For example, hand hygiene surveys show that women are more likely to clean their hands after bathroom use than men, so we decided to …

Schools with only unisex lavatories are acting unlawfully, warns Suella Braverman
2 years, 4 months ago

Schools with only unisex lavatories are acting unlawfully, warns Suella Braverman

The Telegraph  

Writing in The Telegraph, Ms Braverman said it can be lawful for schools to “refuse to allow a biologically and legally male child, who identifies as transgender, from using the girls’ toilets”. The legislative background therefore means that biological male children are generally not permitted to use the female toilets in schools.” Another contentious issue is children transitioning “behind their …

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