HOW TOILETS BECAME THE FRONT LINE OF THE UK’S GENDER WARS

This article explores the growing controversy in the UK over transgender people’s access to public toilets, highlighting how political agendas and media narratives have warped a simple issue of dignity and practicality. It contrasts the hostile debate over gendered toilets with the widespread, unquestioned acceptance of gender-neutral disabled toilets and challenges the logic of forcing trans men or women into spaces that don’t align with their identities. The piece calls for compassion, common sense, and a return to humanity in how we approach public life.