{"id":194704,"date":"2023-10-08T12:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T12:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194704"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:47:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T12:47:30","slug":"labour-conference-venue-boasts-of-gender-neutral-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/labour-conference-venue-boasts-of-gender-neutral-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour conference venue boasts of gender-neutral facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
Labour activists are using gender-neutral facilities at the party’s conference – but have been urged to contact staff if they feel ‘unsafe’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The conference venue in Liverpool has signs for the cubicles boasting of ‘toilets for every body’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A message says the aim is to have ‘facilities where everyone can feel safe and respected’.<\/p>\n
‘If you spot a problem or feel unsafe speak to a member of the ACC Liverpool team,’ the signs add.<\/p>\n
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The Labour conference venue in Liverpool has signs for the cubicles boasting of ‘toilets for every body’<\/p>\n
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Keir Starmer is gathering activists for what could be the last conference before the election<\/p>\n
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A message says the aim is to have ‘facilities where everyone can feel safe and respected’<\/p>\n
It is not clear how much influence Labour had over the conference centre’s policy.<\/p>\n
However, Keir Starmer has struggled to give a clear account of his position on gender identity issues.<\/p>\n
He was ridiculed for claiming earlier this year that 99.9 per cent of women ‘haven’t got a penis’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conservatives have pinpointed access to women-only spaces as a key dividing line where Labour seems out of step with public opinion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rishi Sunak upped the pressure at Tory conference last week by insisting that ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’.<\/p>\n
A Deltapoll survey for the Mail on Sunday found of 35 per cent of voters agreed that a woman was ‘a human being characterised by female biology’, while just 14 per cent said that ‘trans women are women’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The use of woke terms such as ‘pregnant person’ was supported by just 11 per cent, with 81 per cent preferring to talk about a ‘pregnant woman’.<\/p>\n
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Rishi Sunak upped the pressure at Tory conference last week by insisting that ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’<\/p>\n
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Conference attendees have been urged to contact staff if they feel ‘unsafe’.<\/p>\n