Yes kids it’s International Women’s Day soooooooooo it’s time to talk about men!

He does. He actually does.

For International Women’s Day 2026, the Gazette has been speaking to women across the city. Here is Councillor Amy Kirkby Taylor’s contribution, in her own words.

I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to focus on here, my first thought was to focus on the barriers that women face in life, and how it feels to have them appearing in my life as I begin my transition. But this year’s Women’s Day theme is Give to Gain, and I want to return the love given by the women around me.

Because in total opposition to the narrative we are fed about trans people living within their adopted gender, that has been my experience. The vast majority of women have been happy to welcome me into the sisterhood with even my political rivals saying they were pleased to see another woman in the chamber.

If that’s true they’re either brainwashed or terrorized. Adding a man is not seeing another woman in the chamber. Adding a man is seeing another man in the chamber. Hope that clarifies.