The NHS has finally seen sense on biological sex

Sex is a biological fact, the NHS declared this morning. Seriously, if the health service was ever in any doubt about that then no wonder that we have ended up in such a mess over sex and gender.

Personally, I would ban the word ‘gender’ from law and policy, and return it to what it did best – classifying foreign nouns. The headlines, on the other hand, have pointed the finger at transsexuals. Trans women will be banned from women-only wards, according to the Telegraph. At this stage I need to declare an interest – I have a wife and daughter and I would not be happy about either of them being required to share such an intimate space with people who were ‘born male’ and remain male.

I know just too much about the trans community, and how wide and diverse the group of people that shelter under the ‘trans umbrella’ has become.