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Debbie Hayton

Debbie Hayton

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No, British trans people aren’t at risk of ‘genocide’

02.07.2025 3

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

Bristol museum’s trans exhibition is like something out of a cult

Bristol museum’s trans exhibition is like something out of a cult
15.06.2025 20

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

The tyranny of GCSEs

25.05.2025 20

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

The truth about trans rights in Britain

28.04.2025 8

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

Sex / Starmer’s words about ‘trans women’ are too little, too late

23.04.2025 3

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

This legal definition of ‘woman’ has restored sanity to the law

16.04.2025 3

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Debbie Hayton

What happened to the Birmingham I love?

05.04.2025 20

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Debbie Hayton

How the NHS gave up on recording biological sex

20.03.2025 10

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Debbie Hayton

Why is Streeting sanctioning more puberty blocker tests?

12.03.2025 8

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Debbie Hayton

The legacy of Covid will stay with children for life

01.03.2025 10

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Debbie Hayton

How atheists fell for the new religion of gender identity

The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is probably not on the radar of most people in the UK. It’s a US-based non-profit organisation that...

31.12.2024 10

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

The gender war is slowly being won. But there’s no room for complacency

For ten years, gender identity ideology ploughed through western societies. It started quietly, a decade earlier, when a group of human rights...

28.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

In defence of Connie Shaw

Here is a philosophical question for our universities to ponder. Should the ‘D’ in ‘EDI’ extend to diversity of opinion? If it doesn’t, this...

11.12.2024 10

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Debbie Hayton

Why did Children in Need fund a charity linked to a paedophile scandal?

Last week the BBC announced that the 2024 Children in Need appeal had raised more than £39 million for charity. With such large sums of money,...

22.11.2024 5

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

Parents should be worried about Labour’s trans plans

Keir Starmer’s new Office for Equality and Opportunity – launched earlier this month – purports to ensure that ‘equality is at the heart of every...

21.10.2024 10

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

JK Rowling deserves a peerage

Kemi Badenoch has suggested that JK Rowling deserves a seat in the House of Lords. The Tory leadership contender said in an interview with Talk TV:...

17.10.2024 10

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

The truth about Led By Donkeys

Love them or loathe them, it’s hard not to have noticed Led By Donkeys. The protest group – made up, naturally, of four former Greenpeace workers –...

22.09.2024 2

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton

The trouble with Trafalgar Square’s transgender tribute

Seven hundred and twenty-six plaster face casts of transsexual, non-binary or gender non-conforming people were unveiled yesterday in London’s...

19.09.2024 3

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Debbie Hayton

What has the SNP got against school blazers?

The much-maligned school blazer has come under attack once again, this time by Scottish government. In new guidance issued this morning, head...

12.09.2024 3

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Debbie Hayton

Why are a record number of Brits applying to change their gender?

The number of people applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) has reached a new record. Government figures revealed that there were...

03.09.2024 9

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Debbie Hayton

J.K. Rowling deserves a break from social media

Let’s give Rowling a break. For four years, she has spoken up consistently and courageously in defence of women’s rights – in sport and elsewhere –...

23.08.2024 20

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Debbie Hayton

The New York Times questions the Cass review

Hilary Cass’s review of gender identity services for children and young people put a stop to doctors playing fast and loose with the development of...

14.08.2024 2

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Debbie Hayton

Should the NHS really be spending money on child gender clinics?

The Tavistock’s notorious Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) clinic in London – which prescribed puberty blockers to children – closed in...

08.08.2024 2

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Debbie Hayton

The simple way to protect women’s sport at the Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to find some far better answers to the transgender question if it is to restore its credibility in...

01.08.2024 2

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Debbie Hayton

What Elon Musk gets right about the plight of trans kids

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world but it’s clear that money can’t always buy happiness. The X/ Twitter owner spoke movingly of his...

24.07.2024 2

The Spectator

Debbie Hayton