Maloney: admits having grabbed then wife Tracey by the neck

Transgender activists with a record of using insulting language or even violence against women have been used for police training in equality and diversity.

Feminists say the use of “ideologues” for police awareness courses may help explain cases of officers dealing harshly with opponents of the transgender cause.

Among the activists used by police is Kellie Maloney, a transgender boxing promoter, who as Frank Maloney tried to strangle his then wife, Tracey.

“I just lost it . . . I grabbed her and had my hands around her neck,” Maloney said in 2015. “If [my children] hadn’t come into the room . . . I dread to think what might have happened.”

Maloney, who has since had gender reassignment surgery, said he also “grabbed a