Gender-neutral toilets could lead to schoolgirls getting UTIs because they don’t want… [Video]

1 May 2024, 08:44 | Updated: 1 May 2024, 09:03

The Minister for Women and Equalities has said that failing to offer single-sex spaces leads to issues such as schoolgirls ‘getting urinary tract infections’ because they don’t want to share gender-neutral bathrooms with boys.

Kemi Badenoch launched a ‘call for input’ on Wednesday morning, which asks people to report public bodies that fail to provide single-sex spaces.

It follows concern that publicly-owned institutions, such as the NHS, are misinterpreting guidance which states that people should not be allowed in such spaces based on their sex rather than gender identity.

Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, asked what the Government is looking for, Ms Badenoch said: “We are looking for examples where a public institution is either issuing guidance or has a policy that is not in accordance with the equality …