called on the UK Government to take urgent action to ensure trans people fleeing violence and abuse have access to safe accommodation, following comments by Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson about access to women’s refuges.

In a statement issued this week, Galop’s co-chief executives Ben Kernighanand Jasmine O’Connor said trans victims and survivors had been left in a “dangerous state of limbo” following recent developments around equality law and guidance