# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5iCpsDE71
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34800051-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-22T09:08:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has suggested that trans women need a 'third space' in an interview with mumsnet.

Mumsnet users were invited to ask Streeting questions in the interview, conducted on September 18th.

When asked a question about trans people in NHS wards, toilets and changing areas, Streeting said: 'I think we've got to try and find a way to make sure that trans women are a space that is dignified and safe and inclusive for them, that doesn't impact on women's sex based rights and spaces…'

The interviewer then asked: 'That sounds like third spaces?', to which Streeting responded:

'I think for trans women, yes, I think that is where we're looking. And I know there will be lots of people, probably some Mumsnet users, and there'll be lots of people in the LGBT community and allies who would say that that's outrageous, I can't believe you're even saying that, and you're a gay health secretary, how could you countenance this?'

'I'm trying to find a way through on this that maybe not everyone loves, but everyone can live with and treats people with dignity and respect.'

#WesStreeting #LGBTQNews #TransRights #TransNews #EHRC

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transrights, wesstreeting, ehrc, lgbtqnews, transnews

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