News Round-Up
19 May 2024
by Will Jones
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Planet Fitness's valuation has plummeted $400 million in five days after the company banned a member who shared a photo of a trans woman (i.e., a man) using a female locker room.
The BBC is tearing itself to pieces over a throwaway line by Justin Webb, one of its most prominent journalists, who dared to mention – accurately – that trans women are "males".
The Government's consultation on "non-statutory guidance" for schools on gender identity shows how weak it is, says Mark Ellse. The problem is it failed to amend the Equality Act, which protects "gender reassignment".
Puberty blockers in children were always an unregulated live experiment based on no evidence, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. The NHS is right to ban them.
Transgender health doctors and activists successfully helped shape NHS policies for more than a decade, with 'gender-affirming care' and castration of self-identifying 'eunuchs' prominent among the 'standards'.
J.K. Rowling has been reported to the police by India Willoughby over accusations the author allegedly "misgendered" the broadcaster, with Willoughby claiming the writer broke the law.
Grassroots police officers are revolting against entrenched self-ID policies, launching the Police Sex Equality and Equity Network to combat what they perceive as a threat to law enforcement integrity and public trust.
Alarm bells are ringing over the Scouts' decision to hire a £75,000 'wokery' boss, amidst concerns over transgender activism and safeguarding.
Waitrose owner John Lewis is facing calls for a boycott after it launched a magazine for staff which advises parents on how to find breast binders for 'trans children'.
The Green Party illegally discriminated against its former deputy leader, Dr Shahrar Ali, because of his gender-critical beliefs, a court has ruled.
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