Debbie Hayton

The flaw in Scotland’s new transgender prison policy

5 December 2023 10:15 pm

Almost twelve months after rapist Isla Bryson was sent to women’s prison, the Scottish Prison Service has come up with…

Scotland doesn’t need a ‘non-binary action plan’

22 November 2023 1:30 am

Scotland’s government has plenty of things on its to-do list: tackling inflation, dealing with unemployment and cleaning up the mess…

What Labour’s Lisa Nandy needs to know about trans rights

17 November 2023 9:49 pm

Lisa Nandy could not have been more wrong when she waded into the transgender debate this week. The Labour MP,…

No laughing matter: accusations of transphobia wrecked Graham Linehan’s life

11 November 2023 9:00 am

The comedian found himself out of work and out of his marriage when he challenged the transgender ideology that to be a man or women is about choosing an identity

We need trans-only wards

4 October 2023 12:20 am

The Health Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to ban transwomen like me from female hospital wards today. Let’s be clear, the…

Are the Tories still going to ban conversion therapy?

19 September 2023 5:06 pm

The clock is ticking on a bill to ban conversion therapy, at least for this year. Let’s hope that time…

When will the Tories clear up the transgender confusion?

7 September 2023 10:03 pm

Schools are back but teachers are still waiting for the government’s guidance on transgender pupils. Back in March, Rishi Sunak…

Danielle McGahey should not be allowed to play women’s cricket

1 September 2023 5:45 pm

Danielle McGahey is set to become the first transgender cricketer to play an official Twenty20 international. The 29-year old Australian-born…

What does Vogue have against women’s sport?

25 August 2023 8:15 pm

Vogue magazine’s recent ‘powerhouse’ of 25 ‘women [who are] defining – and redefining – Britain in 2023’ includes one person…

It’s the right time for GCSE grades to return to pre-Covid levels

24 August 2023 6:17 pm

For the first time in 27 years, I have no personal stake in the GCSE results that are released this…

Unfair A-levels are the best idea we’ve got

18 August 2023 2:22 am

A-level results day is the most terrifying moment in anyone’s education. Poor GCSEs can be overlooked by a school that…

Toilet politics needn’t be difficult

14 August 2023 5:52 pm

August is traditionally the silly season in politics but we seem to be stuck in silly decade of policy, and…

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Amanda Abbington is right: drag queens aren’t for children

8 August 2023 9:50 pm

The Transgender Thought Police are impossible to please. The sooner Amanda Abbington realises, the better. The star of Sherlock and…

Are the Greens more interested in trans rights than saving the planet?

5 August 2023 1:22 am

July 2023 could soon be declared as the hottest month on record. Few doubt that climate change is real and…

Trans guidance for schools can’t come soon enough

19 July 2023 6:20 pm

The Department for Education has delayed yet further its long-awaited transgender guidance for schools. Rishi Sunak had pledged that the document would…

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Caster Semenya shouldn’t be able to compete in women’s events

12 July 2023 4:40 pm

Who can compete in women’s sports? This week’s decision by the European Court of Human Rights further complicates the debate. Judges in…

Mermaids’ loss is a victory for a free society

6 July 2023 9:32 pm

This morning’s news that the LGB Alliance has won its case to retain its charitable status is a victory and…

Rishi Sunak is no transphobe

19 June 2023 5:04 pm

Does a woman have a penis? Of course not. Until recently, that basic biological fact was accepted by almost everyone.…

Is the rise in ‘trans visibility’ something to celebrate?

8 June 2023 1:40 am

If the LGBTQIA+ community has become a church for the new millennium, it is certainly attracting adherents across the world.…

Kathleen Stock and the rejection of gender reality

31 May 2023 5:27 pm

Last night, Professor Kathleen Stock told the Oxford Union that we need to talk about ‘reality’. She is absolutely right.…

What Parkrun gets wrong about trans rights

25 May 2023 10:37 pm

Siân Longthorpe’s record breaking time of 18 minutes and 53 seconds in the Porthcawl Parkrun highlights all that is wrong…

The UN is wrong about Britain’s treatment of trans people

14 May 2023 3:02 am

Is Britain a hostile environment for trans people? The United Nations’ independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity has delivered…

Biological men shouldn’t be competing against women

4 May 2023 1:39 am

When will sporting governing bodies see the reality that we all know to be true – that male bodies have an…

Has the single sex trans school conundrum finally been resolved?

18 April 2023 7:42 pm

For too long, some teachers and schools have been making it up as they go along when presented with the…

Why Daniel Radcliffe is wrong about children changing gender

14 April 2023 4:54 pm

Daniel Radcliffe has told a group of young people that adults worried about children changing gender have a ‘slightly condescending…