Policy adjustments on behalf of trans people that materially reduce the safety of women in communal accommodation are the subject of increasing international controversy. On March 16th, Baroness Nicholson, addressed the UK’s House of Lords to demand the withdrawal of Annex B of the NHS’s 2019 Guidance on “Delivering same-sex accommodation” in UK hospitals. She argued that the dignity, safety and privacy of women needs to be brought back into the centre of public policy and treated as a priority.