Overview

• Kate Nash released “GERM” on May 28, blending indie-rock riffs and spoken-word verses to lambast gender-critical feminist views and champion trans inclusion.
• The track responds directly to April’s Supreme Court decision defining “woman” by biological sex and the EHRC’s interim guidance restricting trans women’s access to female facilities.
• Nash cites Rape Crisis data showing that 91% of people prosecuted for sexual offences are cisgender men to argue that trans people are not the main threat to women’s safety.
• With incendiary lyrics, she frames true feminism as inherently intersectional and denounces the exclusion of trans people as both transphobic and misogynistic.
• After festivalgoers and artists criticised its initial stance, Download Festival confirmed the rollout of gender-neutral bathrooms across its site.