Groundswell of support grows for Baroness Falker amid 'witch-hunt' by trans ... trends now
Women's rights groups have demanded an end to the ‘witch hunt’ against the head of Britain’s equality watchdog by trans activists.
Campaigners said Kishwer Falkner was being persecuted by staff within the Equality and Human Rights Commission for backing reforms that would safeguard female-only spaces such as toilets and hospital wards.
They spoke out after the Mail revealed that employees have compiled a dossier of more than 40 complaints against her.
The allegations of bullying, harassment and transphobia are being investigated by a barrister – but insiders say they are petty and ideologically motivated.
Maya Forstater, whose landmark tribunal case guaranteed the right to express ‘gender critical’ views, led the groundswell of support, saying: ‘Solidarity with Kishwer Falkner who, like many, is facing a witch-hunt for trying to do her job.’
Last month Baroness Falkner told the Government it should consider amending the Equality Act on the basis of biological sex rather than gender
Kathleen Stock, the feminist academic whose planned appearance at the Oxford Union has sparked a free speech row, said: ‘It’s no surprise to me that Baroness Falkner is being persecuted by enemies from within the EHRC.
‘Trans activists within organisations have been vexatiously using the complaints system for years against dissenting women.’
Transgender Trend, which helped expose the scandal of the treatment of children at the Tavistock gender clinic, said: ‘Another witch-hunt instigated by the trans lobby. The EHRC exists to protect everyone’s rights, not just one group at the expense of another.
‘The EHRC head is facing unprecedented abuse for saying that trans rights don’t override women’s rights. We support her call for clarity that sex in the Equality Act means biological sex. Baroness Falkner shouldn’t be vilified for saying this.’
Last month Baroness Falkner told the Government it should consider amending the Equality Act on the basis of biological sex rather than gender, which would protect women’s rights while barring transgender women from accessing female-only spaces.
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities committee has raised questions about Baroness Falkner’s leadership.
She told Talk TV: ‘I have certainly seen correspondence questioning what biological definition the EHRC is using, there’s some serious questions about what on earth they were trying
