The UK can’t ignore Scotland’s gender recognition Bill
The UK government cannot and must not abrogate its responsibilities to the people of Scotland who have a right to single sex services
How many people are actually trans?
If this data shows anything, there is a fad going on among younger people that is passing their elders by
Why Mermaids hit the rocks
The warning signs about Mermaids have been there for some time. Yet under Green’s leadership, the charity succeeded in winning over legions of high-profile admirers.
Labour is wrong: it’s not ‘hate speech’ to question trans rights
This is a battle between reason and emotion. At Holyrood, emotion has the upper hand
Trans organisation pulls ‘biological condition’ article
We hear a lot about self-identification, but it seems to me that this is about power. These groups do not want to abolish gatekeeping: they want to be the gatekeepers.
Les transsexuels soutiennent Reem Alsalem sur les réformes écossaises de reconnaissance du genre
En bref, nous nous félicitons de [ses] commentaires et nous partageons [ses] préoccupations.
Nicola Sturgeon is revealing an appalling naivety over trans rights
Sturgeon’s SNP and her Scottish Green collaborators are destroying the trust and confidence that transsexuals used to take for granted
Why is this student official apologising for being bio-essentialist?
It is not ‘biological essentialism’ to think that our material reality matters, it is essential biology
Transsexuals support Reem Alsalem on Scottish Gender Recognition Reforms
In short, we welcome [her] comments, and we share [her] concerns
What trans activists can learn from Chelsea Manning
Manning is troubled about the direction the United States is heading in. ‘The tinder is so extremely dry. Going to the shopping market, people are scared … political violence could break out at any moment.
Trans ideology has split America
No state should be using drugs — with such profound consequences — to treat what is a mental health condition in children. But is that a reason to vote Republican rather than Democrat?
Why is Joe Biden taking trans advice from a TikTok star?
Those defending the rights of women and the safeguarding of children are on the back foot in the United States
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Debbie Hayton
Physics teacher and trade unionist, originally from the north of England.
As a trans person I have written extensively about what it means to be trans, and how trans people can be accommodated in society without compromising the rights of other vulnerable groups.
Bylines in The Times, Spectator, Unherd, RT, Morning Star, Economist, Quillette, Mail+ and elsewhere.
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