Download Festival Issue Statement After Trans Toilet Controversy: "We Stand with All Members of Our Community and Want Everyone to Feel Safe"

Download festival issue statement after trans toilet controversy: "We stand with all members of our community and want everyone to feel safe"

Download has issued a statement regarding trans people’s accessibility to the bathrooms at the 2025 festival. READ MORE: Download boss Andy Copping on the 2025 line-up: “The festival will die if we don’t move with the times” Controversy first arose yesterday (May 27), when NOAHFINNCE highlighted how the Donnington festival was seemingly sticking to government guidance that would prevent trans women from using women’s facilities and trans men fr…

Download music festival blasted by TWO main acts over 'unsafe' trans toilet policy: 'What are you doing?'

Two major acts set to perform at the upcoming Download Festival have hit out at organisers over their policy on toilet access for transgender attendees.The rock and metal festival returns to Donington Park, Leicestershire, from June 13 to 15, with first-time headliners Green Day, Sleep Token, and KoRn leading a bill that also features Weezer, Sex Pistols with Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Poppy, Loathe, Jerry Cantrell, and more.But with less th…

Download Festival Issue Apology to Clarify Trans Policy After Backlash From Artists and Fans

Download Festival has issued a public statement after copping major heat for appearing to back guidance that would restrict trans attendees from using the toilets that align with their identity. The uproar kicked off after a screenshot of a festival response made the rounds online, citing the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) interim guidance — which claims “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s fa…

Download Festival responds after questions raised over trans toilets: ’We stand with all members of our community’

The festival faced questions last night over plans to adhere to Equalities and Human Rights Commission guidance.

Download festival comments after artists speak out over “unsafe” toilets for trans people: “We stand with all members of our community and want everyone to feel safe”

Several musicians complained on social media after reports that the UK’s biggest rock/metal festival does not want trans people using the toilets of the gender they transitioned to