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The new EHRC code isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets - it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces

From the start, feminists have fought for spaces that are less visible but which have special status: prisons, refuges, rape crisis centres, lesbian groups, women’s health centres and sports, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin

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The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it

The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin

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Collecting memories and stories of feminists

Letters: Sue O’Sullivan and Miriam David on being part of the women’s liberation movement, in response to a long read by Susanna Rustin on the Sex Discrimination Act. Plus a letter from Paul F Faupel

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A gender-critical book at Scotland’s National Library is the latest in a long line of cancellations

The UK supreme court’s ruling earlier this year has not stopped a wave of unfair boycotts and exclusions in the arts, says author Susanna Rustin

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A nuanced approach to ageing, sex and gender

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Susanna Rustin about a generational divide in perspectives

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Why is there such a generational divide in views on sex and gender in Britain?

I believe the key lies in our respective life stages, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin

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At last, a moment of clarity – the UK supreme court has upheld the rights of women

It is vital that we give credit to the tireless campaigners who brought us to this point, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

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The trouble with T-levels and the academic/vocational divide

Letters: John Butcher and Karen Ahmed respond to Susanna Rustin’s article on the vocational qualifications

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T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it

They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

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Zuckerberg, Musk, answer me this: what about the child abuse scandal playing out online?

Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected online as well as in the real world, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

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The threat to BTec courses in England is the educational scandal no one’s talking about

Snobbery and a lack of transparency around Labour’s review may be why there isn’t more outrage, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

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These trailblazing feminists may be gone, but they are certainly not forgotten

Letters: Dr Alison Ronan says feminism has been shaped by the courage of the many, not just the few; while Mary Evans is glad that many people still turn to the Women’s Library

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Dramatic deeds are remembered, but too many feminists of the past are forgotten

It’s grassroots, collective action – rarely commemorated – that pushed women’s rights forward, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

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Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

A historical overview of the often chaotic fight for equality in Britain celebrates the pioneers who elbowed their way into male-only spaces

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Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – a new history of British feminism

The Guardian writer offers a mostly even-handed account of the successes, failures and faultlines within the feminist movement

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Gender-critical beliefs under the microscope

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Susanna Rustin in which she questions why women are being punished for having gender-critical views

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The law is now clear: you can’t be punished for having gender-critical views. So why does it keep happening?

A slew of employment tribunals shows many women have been wrongly disciplined for expressing beliefs on gender and sex, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

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Opening up the debate about abolition of legal sex and gender status

Letters: Anne Phillips says The Future of Legal Gender report raises important questions, while Peter Tatchell says biological sex and gender identity are equally valid and important

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Trying to erase the biological definition of sex isn’t just misguided – it’s dangerous

Proposals to rewrite the law take gender self-identification too far. Here’s the feminist case against, says writer Susanna Rustin

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Protecting the rights of women and trans people

Letters: Gillian Dalley and Dr Jane Hamlin respond to an article by Zoe Williams, and Jacqueline Darby reacts to a piece by Susanna Rustin. Plus Prof Martin Marshall on the ban on conversion therapy

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Labour’s contradictory policies on trans and women’s rights must be addressed

By backing both reforms to the Gender Recognition Act and single-sex spaces, the party is unable to communicate clearly to voters, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

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