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Labour is set to formally declare it believes trans women are men, says leaked NEC paper. (bsky.app)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The paper, due to be voted on tomorrow (20 May), means Labour will ban trans women from:

❌ All-women shortlists ❌ Women's Conference ❌ Being Women's Officers

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 34 points 3 days ago

Reminder, the SC didn't rule that trans people had to be excluded from gender segregated things, only that they could. Labour doesn't have to do this, they're choosing to, and even if they did, they're the fucking government. What is the point of an elective dictatorship if the party of government is going to be so unwilling to actually change anything?

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago

Any Labour MP that doesn't rebel against this is complicit.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And I'm never voting Labour again. You mother fuckers

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's fine if there is a viable alternative in your district. If none of them align with this one stance then it's basically a non-issue.

[–] Envy@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hello overton window, see you're still ever encroaching rightward

[+] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Lmfao, the Tories lost 251 seats in the last election.

[–] Envy@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And you're justifying setting back transgender civil rights. There's a thing called winning the battle and still losing the war, mate

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Transgender civil rights are exactly where they were before if not better off than under the conservatives.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, dafuck? Keir did more harm than any other PM in history to trans folks. The most friendly PMs were Cameron and May - who as right-wingers were still going for Self-ID.

Keir has not only not challenged the ruling that makes it illegal to have trans men and women go to any bathroom and even a violation of the equality act if a trans person makes someone uncomfortable by existing if a business chooses to accommodate them, but is now enforcing it within his own party by desperately trying to score culture war points with people who'll never vote for him anyway.

I was a defender of his a few months back but he's a spineless coward, he should've stuck with the WFA cut, kept nationalising and waiting for economic indicators to improve while tackling immigration and then it's up to fate.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

And labour has decided to pick up as yet another tory government

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

The Tories are dead. Reform will win the next election.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

What next, Labour? Reintroduce Section 28?

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

FFS