UK Politician Accused of Child Sex Abuse Advocates for Gender-Neutral Toilets

MIDDLESBROUGH, England  A British town councilor who has pushed to make government-owned facilities gender-neutral has been charged with nine counts of sexually touching a child.
An English town councillor who hopes to make government-owned facilities gender-neutral has been charged with nine counts of sexually touching a child.​David Smith, 30, represents Coulby Newham, a suburb of Middlesbrough, in the Yorkshire town’s local government, or council. Since his arrest, he has resigned from membership in the Conservative Party, but not from his position.​According to the BBC, Smith is due in court on August 7. He denies the charges.He hoped the Middlesbrough Council would become a trailblazer for other local governments and make all of its facilities gender-neutral. The councillor acknowledged that some people might have “concerns” but that the “risk does not increase once public toilets become gender neutral.”​Smith did not specify what was at risk when women-only spaces are frequented by males. He hinted, however, that if a man wanted to hurt a woman or girl in a public washroom, he would do so whether it was a woman-only space or not, saying, “In fact, if anyone has any intention in committing a crime at present, they will do so.”​“This is about creating a much more safer [sic] environment for transgender and non-binary people,” he emphasized.​After charges of child sex assault were laid against him, Smith released a statement describing the work he had done as a Middlesbrough councillor, making special mention of his LGBT advocacy
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