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Lucy Powell calls for MPs to vote on single sex space guidance (news.sky.com)

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To be clear, she wants a vote on it because she opposes the Supreme Court decision:

Ms Powell, who is standing against Bridget Phillipson in the contest to replace Angela Rayner as Labour deputy leader, told members the party had got some of its language around Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance "not right".

Ms Powell said she would be continuing to "support the trans community which I represent in my constituency very well and have done for a long time. I'm a woman, I'm a feminist and I see absolutely no contradiction in being a woman and also supporting the trans community to feel included and to have their rights as well" [my emphasis].

More reasons to vote for Powell, IMO.

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder how quickly people will misunderstand this 😂😥.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had hoped the supreme court ruling would have led to parliament actually doing it's job and fixing the legislation to be clear. I suspect most MPs are secretly happy to hand this off to a QUANGO given how toxic the debate can be.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think Keir or Wes were ever supportive. It did the work of blocking trans rights without them getting the blame.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

After the whole article, I still don't know is she's voting for or against trans people being forced to use a bathroom matching their biological sex rather than gender.