Harry Potter author JK Rowling is calling on the Labour Party to apologise to MP Rosie Duffield after the politician reportedly said she agreed with the writer’s view on biological sex. Duffield, the MP for Canterbury, was investigated by the party after
Transgender woman Glenique Frank has admitted she’s ‘scared’ to race in this Sunday’s London Marathon following controversy over her competing in the female category in 2023. Having previously entered marathon events in New York and Tokyo as a man, the 55-year-old was
A former governor of the country’s only NHS gender identity service for children says ‘many’ young people attempt suicide after regretting sex change surgery. Dr Marcus Evans, who worked at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust accused his former managers of
A Tory cabinet minister has accused Labour of trying to “shut women up,” reigniting a political sparring match over the transgender issue. Health secretary Victoria Atkins also claimed the opposition had created an “atmosphere of intimidation” around the topic. It came in
Labour politicians are involved in a major U-turn on trans rights following the publication of the landmark Cass review into NHS gender services yesterday. Last night, Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting admitted he had been wrong to ever say that “trans women
Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel has released a statement confirming that he will continue boxing, despite suffering the first loss of his professional career. Manuel was a five-time US Women’s amateur champion before undergoing gender reassignment surgery nearly a decade ago and suffered
JK Rowling says what most people “secretly think” about gender, Boris Johnson has declared. The former prime minister hailed the Harry Potter author as a “modern saint” for her stance on trans issues. Mr Johnson said Rowling’s views on gender are “what
Rishi Sunak has backed author JK Rowling in her criticism of Scotland’s controversial new hate crime laws. The Harry Potter author, who has become a fierce critic of the Scottish Government’s stance on transgender rights, has been one of the highest-profile critics
Campaigners have warned that changing gender on official documents is too easy and “pushes people further towards irreversible treatments”. More than 16,200 people have successfully changed the gender on their driver’s licence since 2018, the Daily Express can reveal.A record 3,488 people
A Conservative MP has won a major free speech victory today, after having a ‘non-crime hate incident’ wiped from her record by the police. The victory comes after Redditch MP Rachel Maclean shared a post on Twitter last year, which described Bromsgrove