The trans debate has also focused on the use of the term “birthing people”, which was introduced by a Brighton and Sussex Hospital Trust as an addition to “pregnant women” – something JK Rowling and fellow activists feel strongly about.
Rachel had already experienced what she described as cancel culture when she sued a former aide of Labour politician Jeremy Corbyn for libel.
Laura Murray had made a controversial tweet about her comments which Rachel claimed led to a campaign to have ousted from Countdown and cancelled.
Rachel, who has been vocal in the past about troll attacks directed at her, says she received a barrage of “abuse” after commenting on eggs being thrown at Corbyn.
The former leader of the Labour Party had been visiting a mosque in Finsbury Park, North London when he’d been pelted with eggs by a Brexit supporter back in 2019.