Gender critical staff network launched at Metropolitan Police

A staff network dedicated to gender critical views was launched at Metropolitan Police.

Details about the new gender-critical network were shared along with an introduction to the Metropolitan Police internal intranet and what gender critical views are.

In a unit’s intranet post shared with Pinknews, the network states that “understanding key gender perspectives will help MPs build a more inclusive culture.”

“It is important to understand and acknowledge that a lot of opinions are held by our own staff and our police group,” the post reads.

“Our aim is to help the Met to equally respect and represent everyone, so we can unite to make the organization better.”

The post also includes an explanation of what a critical view of gender is, stating it is a belief that is “widely shared by men and women of all sexuality, race, nationality, faith and political persuasion.”

They view the critical view of gender as a “observable and unchanging fact” and add that “it should not be confused or confused with gender or gender identity.”

“Biological gender is important in the workplace, in the police, in the wider society, and in some circumstances it is important to be equal or even more important as gender identity,” reads the third point in the post.

When the post was shared with PinkNews, concerns were raised that MET’s LGBTQ+ networks were not consulted or notified about the formation of gender-critical networks.

However, a unit spokesman has been notified to the LGBTQ+ network to make sure police continue to work with LGBTQ+ groups to be supported and raised concerns.

News of the new network, which was allegedly established in December 2024, comes after the UK Supreme Court ruled out the protected characteristics of “sex” in the Equality Act of 2010, referring only to “biology” and excluded trans people.

The case was brought to the Scottish government by the Gender Critical Group for Women in Scotland (FWS) following years of legal disputes, by the Gender Critical Group for Scottish Women (FWS), asking court justice to consider the questions.

The court’s justice decision is expected to have a broad impact on both trans and non-binary communities, both public institutions, organizations, and services that are asked to update their policies on inclusion and unity spaces, as well as public institutions, organizations and services that are required to reflect the court’s findings.

A spokesman for Met Police said:

“I fully acknowledge that this is a polarization argument. However, we have an obligation under the Equality Act to enable those who work for Met to express beliefs protected by law. All groups are expected to meet our standards of conduct and mutual respect.

“We are committed to working with the National Police Chief and other councils to navigate the path ahead following the Supreme Court’s decision.”