Trans identifying male officers are handed the right to use women-only toilets – it’s a licence to rape
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THE news this week that police forces are willing to issue multiple different warrant cards to serving officers, in line with their chosen “gender identity”, leaves me fearful for the safety of female officers. Giving trans-identified men warrant cards that say they are female means they have the right to use women-only changing rooms, toilets and showers.
![[Police issuing warrant cards based on gender identity has sparked safety concerns for women-only spaces such as changing rooms and toilets]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/d473fb24-59c2-4915-b96b-d0ad7793d610.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Norfolk Police justify this on the grounds that officers should be able to choose the facilities they feel most comfortable in — and if their gender identity does not match their biological sex, they should be able to define themselves as they wish.
![[The deep-rooted problem of widespread police sexism and misogyny has been highlighted by Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eacd17d3-5dd7-45e3-83ba-79a9375c8425.jpg?strip=all&w=829)
This is an absolute disgrace: Once again the feelings of men take precedence over the safety and comfort of women. It’s not that long since female officers were known as WPCs, consigned to investigating missing bicycles or com-forting female victims of rape and domestic violence.
![[Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, above, were both in the Met Police when they committed their crimes]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sent-photos-posing-police-firearm-806349382.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Feminists both within and beyond the force pushed for change, so policewomen would have rights and dignity. There have already been several scandals over alleged police-perpetrated abuse of serving officers and clerical staff. Now, this warrant card fiasco is yet another loophole that will be used by abusive male officers to intimidate and assault female officers.
Single-sex spaces and services exist for a very good reason, namely the prevalence and risk of male violence, including sexual assault and harassment. There have been multiple allegations that female officers have been subjected to these acts. And, shockingly, two-thirds of forces already allow trans-identified male officers to use female-only facilities.
