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Labour clarifies trans women and AWS

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crispbuttyfan · 22/05/2018 23:02

Apologies if it is already being discussed, I didn't spot a thread about it.

www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/22/labour-trans-women-all-women-shortlists-nec/

This was entirely predictable, and not before time.

I'm sure everyone will agree it's good to have some sort of closure on this issue.

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R0wantrees · 23/05/2018 00:10

You can hear from her (as it's now Wednesday) directly on this thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3256772-Guess-how-I-got-suspended-from-the-Labour-Party

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 22/05/2018 23:34

Yup, pretty unfortunate timing...

Wanderabout · 22/05/2018 23:33

Quickest U-turn ever - before the policy was even officially announced.

thebewilderness · 22/05/2018 23:32

Labour promptly contradicted their position by suspending the membership of the male who identifies as a woman to run for women's officer.

AsAProfessionalFekko · 22/05/2018 23:30

Women only lists need to be scrapped - they aren't worth the paper raeya really written on anymore. Maybe they just need to make sure that any elected person actially works for all people and not only for a tiny minority of a minority (or for their own ego trip). Some people would just get very bored very quickly.

NotTerfNorCis · 22/05/2018 23:28

Similarly, women’s officers and minimum quotas for women in the Labour Party are open to all women, including self-identifying trans women.

Clearly not, given David Lewis's suspension.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 22/05/2018 23:27

This is obviously untrue as they have just suspended someone who self-identifies as a woman from the party for trying to get elected as a women's officer...

Terfulike · 22/05/2018 23:25

Sorry I don't agree that "transexuals" is an "outdated term".