A new poll reveals that fewer than three in ten Brits believe men who claim to be women should be allowed in women’s sports, changing rooms and toilets.
In a People Polling survey for Sex Matters, approximately half of all Britons backed the right of sports clubs, gyms and businesses to provide sex-based services for women.
Meanwhile, Ipsos’ recent LGBT+ Pride survey found that UK support for pro-trans measures is among the lowest in the world.
Myth debunked
When asked if sports associations should be allowed to “exclude transwomen from competing in women’s sports”, 56 per cent of all People Polling respondents agreed, with only 24 per cent against such a policy.
A similar percentage – 48 per cent – thought that gyms should be allowed to ban men who claim to be women from using female changing rooms and showers.
And only 29 per cent of those surveyed opposed business policies which forbid “transwomen staff from using female toilets” where there are male, female and unisex toilet facilities.
Sex Matters, which is currently urging the Government to define ‘sex’ as biological sex under the Equality Act, said: “The findings explode the myth that there is widespread support for using the law to force organisations to include males within the female category.”
Trans-measures
Based on a global survey of LGBT issues in 30 countries, Ipsos found that the UK was frequently ranked nearly last in support for pro-trans causes.
Only the US polled lower than the UK in support of transgender people being allowed to use single-sex facilities “that correspond to the gender they identify with”.
The UK came 28th out of 30 countries when it came to backing “gender-affirming care” for teenagers, and 25th in relation to support for gender-neutral passports.
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