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Jeremy Corbyn - webchat to discuss self-identification of sex

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Popchyk · 28/01/2018 11:32

On the Andrew Marr Show today, Jeremy Corbyn indicated that the Labour Party is in favour of a policy of people being able to self-identify as the opposite sex.

Could we get Jeremy Corbyn on Mumsnet to do a webchat in order to discuss the implications around this?

If he is unavailable, could we have another senior Labour figure?

Thank you

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 30/01/2018 17:23

Would it be really, really greedy of me to ask if you could approach all of the other main party leaders about it too?

YY. I'd like to see this too. And there are a lot of voters on MN...

BeyondWitchbitchterf · 30/01/2018 17:02

Oo how about Steph davies-arai too? If we're creating a mini panel!!

WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 30/01/2018 16:57

MrsTerry that's a great idea too! Wonder if Magdelene Berns would be interested? Does anyone on here know her?

3 Wise Women v JC!

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/01/2018 16:03

Be nice to have @MirandaYardley on as well for a rational TIM perspective.

KalaLaka · 30/01/2018 16:01

Agree!

Myunicornfliessideways · 30/01/2018 15:48

yes yes to Datun.

SchrodingersFrilledLizard · 30/01/2018 14:16

Datun gets my vote, too.

2018username · 30/01/2018 14:14

I too would like to vote for Datun. In fact I'd like JC to Fuck off and Datun take over his shit show of a party and sort it out (sorry, getting a little cross now Blush)

dorade · 30/01/2018 14:07

Another vote for Datun

Ekphrasis · 30/01/2018 09:18

I second datun as our main spokeswoman.

Ekphrasis · 30/01/2018 09:17

78th ed.

It might be worth mentioning to him that we have had a few transwomen joining in and contributing to our discussions, as well as a few men, so this isn't 'just' women of mn. It's been a safe place to discuss our gender critical concerns and experiences.

GoodyHemlock · 30/01/2018 09:09

Adding my name to this

BonjourMinou · 30/01/2018 09:09

Yes, yes, yes, yes please! (But not holding breath tbh)

MissBeehiving · 30/01/2018 07:51

Agree about keeping focussed but whoever comes on from the LP needs to understand the number of women who are concerned about this - perhaps the same questions but worded differently and posted by us all?

WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 29/01/2018 23:40

I nominate Datun to be our main spokeswoman.

We should get a short set of questions, agreed amongst ourselves beforehand, to keep the focus.

Also maybe a list of us who have left the LP as a direct result of this issue could be prepared beforehand, kept at the ready to present to him? I started a thread about this recently and quite a few people posted on it.

If he refuses to do it, or isn't 'available', we should find a more public and mainstream forum to publicise that decision on. This issue is getting into the mainstream press now so it isn't as niche as it was a few months ago.

BeyondWitchbitchterf · 29/01/2018 22:22

Another yes please

Would it be really, really greedy of me to ask if you could approach all of the other main party leaders about it too?

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 29/01/2018 21:21

Amazing! Please let this happen!

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Popchyk · 29/01/2018 21:20

Yes, I agree that there are a number of issues that are linked to self-ID that are of great importance.

However, I'd hate to see a very wide debate that would enable a spokesperson to evade the real issues and spend ages in biscuit territory.

Anyways, the LP have to say yes to the webchat first.

Then we'll have some thinking to do.

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mercurymaze · 29/01/2018 20:59

yes it's really important, today transwomen are women is all over my facebook

SlowlyShrinking · 29/01/2018 20:59

Apparent, not seeming

SlowlyShrinking · 29/01/2018 20:58

Yes definitely. I’d like to know what he has to say about this. It’s an important issue for me. I believe he has an obligation to women to explain the rationale behind this seeming change of policy regarding AWS.

WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe · 29/01/2018 20:55

Yes, and definitely as a single issue web chat so as not to go winding around in evasive circles.

Justabunchofcunts · 29/01/2018 20:32

Would love to see this happen. I think Nerevarine's points are all part of the same issue. I don't see how you can cover it without covering these: How narrow are we talking when we say single-issue? Because there's some linked issues that don't exactly come under the 'implications of self-ID' umbrella (like the attempts to silence debate by labelling it transphobia and why no questions seem to be being asked about how young people, particularly vulnerable young women and girls, are being pushed into transitioning).

TheXXFiles · 29/01/2018 20:31

Yes please, and yes to it being a single-issue web chat as part of their consultation!

just5morepeas · 29/01/2018 20:03

Would love to see this happen.