Bristol Council forced to issue humiliating apology after banning gender critical campaigners

“Bristol Council forced to issue humiliating apology after banning gender critical campaigners”

Bristol Council has been forced to issue a humiliating apology after banning gender-critical campaigners from attending public meetings. The authority reached an out-of-court settlement with Dr Phoebe Beedell, a retired academic from Bristol University and UWE, and Wendy Stephenson, who had chaired the council's independent remuneration panel. Both were excluded from full council meetings for six months following an incident in November 2025, when they raised questions about the authority's…