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October 7, 2019updated 30 Sep 2022 8:25am

The Stage accused of ‘cowardice’ after removing comment articles on theatre’s gender-neutral toilets

By Charlotte Tobitt

Theatre news website The Stage has been called “cowardly” after deleting two comment articles sharing opposing views about gender-neutral toilets which have been brought in at the Old Vic Theatre in London.

The website issued a statement on Twitter today saying it had taken the articles down after receiving what it described as “strong responses” from readers, adding they had “only polarised the debate further”.

Freelance journalist Sarah Ditum, whose article is one of those to have been deleted, told Press Gazette it amounted to “gross editorial cowardice”.

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