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Lesbian groups are being banned from female-only spaces in a drive to include men who identify as women, according to a new report.
Gay women are said to be meeting in secret to stop their events being ‘invaded by men’ who are attracted to females and claiming to be lesbians.
The research, by feminist campaign group Sex Matters, featured women’s testimonies as part of their UK-wide survey about single-sex spaces.
Entitled ‘Lesbians without liberty: How the UK denies freedom of association to women who love women’, the paper comes at a time of increased debate about female-only spaces.
In the foreword, SNP politician Joanna Cherry warned: ‘Lesbians are being forced back into the closet because we are being told we cannot meet or socialise without including men who identify as women.’