We’d be wise to ignore the Council of Europe’s transgender nonsense
The UK can simply ignore Council of Europe resolutions, but it does raise the question why we continue to maintain our membership of an organisation that seems to have its priorities upside down.
When the gender debate doesn’t belong in the classroom
Had Lister stuck to teaching maths like I stick to teaching physics then he might still be in a job.
The NHS puberty blocker ban for children is long overdue
Puberty blockers, followed by cross-sex hormones, were a so-called solution that, in my view as a transgender adult, created a very serious problem.
Justin Webb has been wronged by the BBC
Webb was simply carrying out his professional duty to explain and inform
The dilemma of being a transsexual Christian
In my youth I struggled to reconcile science and faith, but that challenge was easy compared to the rather more profound clash of transsexualism with faith
The sad truth behind why the UK’s first trans judge resigned
The acceptance of transsexuals depends far less on pieces of government paperwork and far more on trust and confidence.
It’s not ‘right wingers’ who turned Parkrun into a trans battleground
Whatever the Guardian might claim, this is not the work of right wingers intent on making Parkrun a battleground for trans people.
Starmer should listen to Sunak on gender
Attempts by politicians, philosophers and even scientists to redefine man and woman are as futile as attempts to redefine hunger or happiness. That is just common sense!
I’m a trans woman’s wife: my life with Debbie Hayton
It appears that the loudest voices are those who attack or jump to conclusions on minimal evidence
Irony of being lectured for not declaring my pronouns
The fact is that we have evolved as humans to assess the sex of people’s bodies
Even though I’ve had a sex change operation … I’m not and never will be a woman
Transition was hard work; self-discovery was harder – but infinitely more worthwhile. Why would anyone want to be defined by a transgender identity, when they could just be themselves?
The Campaign Against Me by the Trans Lobby Was Unbelievably Nasty
Gender identity ideology treats its defectors like some religious cults treat theirs. We are deserters, heretics, even traitors
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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 Spectator, Unherd, The Times, Daily Mail, Morning Star, Economist, Quillette and elsewhere.
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