Rishi Sunak suggested in an interview with Mumsnet that he was supportive of female-only spaces such as in changing roomsRishi Sunak has said that biology is “critically important” in gender identity debates and suggested that women’s sports, toilets and prisons should be female-only. The chancellor backed women’s fears that their rights were being “eroded” in debates over transgender issues as he became the latest Cabinet minister to come down clearly on one side of one of the most heated divides in modern politics. SponsoredBoris Johnson has previously said that biological males should not compete in women’s sports and that hospitals, prisons and changing rooms should have dedicated female-only spaces. The government has also delayed a ban on therapy that seeks to change someone’s gender identity, suggesting that it is more complex than banning attempts to stop people being gay. Ministers are becoming increasingly outspoken

Source: The Times April 28, 2022 10:21 UTC