16th May 2021

Consultation victory

Consultation victory

A consultation on public toilet provisions in England has listened to women’s concerns. Public buildings will now have to have separate ladies and gents facilities. Thank you to everyone who took part and made a difference.

TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd

Thanks to everyone who took part in the open consultation on public toilet provision at the beginning of this year. This victory belongs to everyone who sent an email in response to the call for evidence and we can all feel rightly proud today!

telegraph.co.ukExclusive: Return of ladies and gents lavatories, as ministers tell architects all new buildings must have separate facilitiesBuildings which already had unisex lavatories, which are shared by men and women, also face having to install partitions

Women’s Prisons

Fairplay for women reveal that dangerous male prisoners have been housed in units in women’s prisons rather than men’s. Safer options of placing dangerous male prisoners on the men's estate were rejected because they needed "association with other women."

FairPlayForWomen @fairplaywomen

*NEW AND EXCLUSIVE*: Today we are publishing the internal documents that reveal why prison bosses decided to put the unit for dangerous trans prisoners in a women's prison instead of the men's. /1

fairplayforwomen.comTrans sex offenders get access to women in prison | Fair Play For WomenIn July 2019 a special unit was opened in a women’s prison to house high-risk transgender prisoners. Internal documents tell us why....

Lesbian Organisation targeted in Italy

Women Are Human @women_are_human

Trans Activists Deface Headquarters of Lesbian Organization with Hateful Graffiti

womenarehuman.comTransgender Activists Deface Headquarters of Lesbian Organization With Hateful Graffiti | Women Are HumanBologna. The headquarters of an organization of lesbians in Bologna, Italy was defaced with hateful graffiti by transgender activists, the women are reporting. On 11 May 2021, “the outside of the headquarters of ‘La Comune’ in Bologna, where a lesbian association called ArciLesbica is hosted, w…

Germany Action

Those in Germany can make your voices heard on self-ID.

LGB Alliance Deutschland @LGBAlliance_DE

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