Appearances in print media
‘Whipping up hysteria!’ Transgender protesters branded ‘ridiculous’ for ‘dangerous’ demonstration against Supreme Court ruling by Georgia Pearce, GB News, 19 April 2025
What an Honest Conversation About Gender Sounds Like by Jonathan Kay, Quillette, 20 May 2024
‘Gender dysphoria doesn’t exist’: Debbie Hayton welcomes NHS changes to trans children care – ‘Back to reality!’ by Ben Chapman, GB News, 9 April 2024
This Largely Unknown Psychological Phenomenon May Be Driving Men To Become Trans, Experts Say by Laurel Duggan, Daily Caller, 24 April 2023
Transgender teacher baffled companies would partner with ‘juvenile’ Dylan Mulvaney: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Kristine Parks, Fox News, 16 April 2023
Transgender teacher speaks out against ‘Naked Education’ show featuring 14-year-olds: ‘It’s just wrong’ by Lindsay Kornick, Fox News. 6 April 2023
Some Members of Trans Community Support Ricky Gervais Amid Netflix Backlash by Jamie Burton, Newsweek. 31 May 2022
Criminalising conversion therapy: Northern Ireland must avoid – not mimic – Canada’s new law says transgender writer by Adam Kula, Belfast Newsletter. 10 January 2022
Debbie Hayton, la referente trans que aplaude el fallo de la justicia británica contra el pasaporte no binario by Claudia Peiro [Spanish 🇦🇷 🇪🇸 ], infobae. 27 December 2021
La physicienne trans Debbie Hayton dit qu’Eddie Redmayne avait droit de jouer Lili Elbe dans The Danish Girl, News FR-24 [French 🇫🇷 ]. 23 November 2021
Transgender physicist says Eddie Redmayne was right to play Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl by Jo Tweedy, Mail Online. 23 November 2021
As lésbicas acusadas de transfobia por recusarem sexo com mulheres trans by Caroline Lowbridge, BBC News [Portuguese 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 ]. 26 October 2021
‘We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women’ by Caroline Lowbridge, BBC News. 26 October 2021
The trans women who support women’s rights by Peter Stanford, The Telegraph. 16 October 2021
Trans community rallies to defence of threatened professor Kathleen Stock by Katie Gibbons, The Times. 12 October 2021
Debbie Hayton: la trans que reniega de la ideología transgénero y critica la negación de la biología by Claudia Peiro [Spanish 🇦🇷 🇪🇸 ], infobae. 28 August 2021
Micro peni all’uncinetto per bimbi trans: l’ultima follia Lgbt by Serena Pizzi [Italian 🇮🇹 ], il Giornale. 1 July 2021
Debbie Hayton: trans d’un autre genre by Sylvie Perez [French 🇫🇷], Causeur. 23 June 2021
Twenty-five NI groups sign letter to Robin Swann about ‘women and pregnant people’ by Adam Kula, Belfast Newsletter. 25 March 2021
Belfast transgender case ‘could have nation-wide repercussions’ by Adam Kula, Belfast Newsletter. 8 December 2020
One Transwoman Speaks Out on the Dangers of Trans Extremism by Madeline Kearns, National Review. 25 February 2020
The Gender Recognition Act is controversial – can a path to common ground be found? by Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian. 10 May 2018
Transgender women criticise reform by Lucy Bannerman, The Times. 6 November 2017
This Is What It’s Like Being A Transgender Teacher In Britain by Matthew Champion, Buzzfeed. 17 April 2016
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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