Labour’s NEC Set To Confirm Trans People Allowed On All-Women Shortlists

Boldly - can you imagine the bowls if there was a woman’s strike? ‘You can’t call it a woman’s strike, that’s exclusionist!’

I just don’t see stand why this has become such a huge thing for the Labour Party. It’s as if it’s The Most Important Thing Ever - above child poverty, housing, unemployment, education, homelessness... you know, actual real issues that a lot of people are struggling with?

It’s become a very odd party indeed. The sooner they wake up the better.

Well I won't be voting Labour if this is their policy, I won't vote Tory either as I don't agree with their policies.

There is no party I feel I can vote for which takes women's rights seriously. Feeling very disenfranchised. Perhaps it needs a mass strike of all women like they did in Iceland...

The legal fund will now be spent contesting one member's suspension according to the latest update. I don't know what they've been suspended for as the update didn't say and cannot tweet at the organiser without outing. I think the legal challenge to aws being opened to self iding males is more important and think it would be a shame if the fund was spent on one person but am not going to ask for a refund.

And whichever way the NEC goes, the losing side will challenge the decision.

Looking on the bright side, if this is the approach the party is going to formalise, it provides a clear policy statement which can be tested in the courts. I increasingly think ot will be test cases that will hammer out the boundaries between the conflicting rights of women (sex) and transwomen (gender).

I came in to say the same sort of thing Wendy
Surely Labour need to make gains in marginal constituencies?
What kind of reception would a Danielle Moscato type get knocking on doors?
It's no use picking up votes in safe constituencies. As usual politicians abandon real people for the latest bandwagon

I wonder if the Labour leadership have thought how unpopular this backward step for the right of women will be with their traditional voters ?

Most of the identity politics nonsense is just seen as the idle wankery that stupid politicians get up to but this is likely to cut close to the bone.

Any idea what this means w.r.t. the legal challenge from Jennifer?

I guess the legal challenge will take time to organise?

As the product of a traditionally Labour family with multiple trade unionist members I never thought I'd say this, but if Labour make this the hill they choose to die on then they deserve to lose the next election over it. Preferably by a large enough margin that the point that they can't win without the support of women is really, really clear.

*”A baseline for transgender inclusion is that trans people are accepted within their gender. Denying this to transgender women within the Labour party would be a massive step backwards.”

Why is ‘gender’ the category rather than sex? I agree that people should be able to present with whatever degree of femininity or masculinity they feel and be accepted but WTF has that got to do with sex?

Wish they would stop bringing up "trans rights"

What rights don't they have for heaven's sake.

What they mean is break throughs in taking over women's rights

Clicky link www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labours-nec-set-to-confirm-transsexual-rights-to-all-women-shortlists-for-parliament-trans-women_uk_5a66782ae4b0e5630072d118