If there’s one thing trans women really don’t need in our lives, it’s bollocks – but that’s exactly what the Labour Party is offering us.
Last week, Jeremy Corbyn used a speech at the Pinknews Awards to announce that it is now official Labour policy to give literally any person the right to self-declare their legal gender – something that would make the process of changing one’s gender as simple as ticking a box on an administrative form.
For those who don’t make a habit of following trans trends, Corbyn’s speech was in reference to the Government’s controversial consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act (which sets out the process by which someone can legally change gender in the UK) to create a fast-track system based on self-declaration.
In making his comments, Corbyn sent a clear signal that, even if the Government chooses to heed warnings from the Equality and Human Rights Commission and various women’s groups and scrap the proposed reforms, Labour will include self-declaration in its next election manifesto.
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