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Trans candidate Emily Brothers excluded from women’s section of Labour’s National Policy Forum

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WallaceinAnderland · 11/09/2026 17:14

As the title says.

"The act of ‘coming out’ has been at some personal cost, not least now that Labour has drawn on that information to penalise me in standing for the NPF and banning me as a delegate to women’s conference. The party wouldn’t have been able to discriminate against me without trawling through the media to identify articles in LabourList, Pink News and various other publications."

https://labourlist.org/2026/09/trans-candidate-excluded-womens-section-npf/

Trans candidate Emily Brothers excluded from women’s section of Labour’s National Policy Forum – LabourList

A candidate for the National Policy Forum has been excluded from the women's section of the forum because they are trans. Emily Brothers, Labour's first openly trans…

https://labourlist.org/2026/09/trans-candidate-excluded-womens-section-npf/

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Memoryhole · 12/09/2026 10:00

Shedmistress · 12/09/2026 08:47

Excluded from the LABOUR national policy forum?

I mean holy heck, we've come a long way from Madigan right?

Whatever happened to Madigan, I wonder?

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 12/09/2026 09:52

Shedmistress · 12/09/2026 08:47

Excluded from the LABOUR national policy forum?

I mean holy heck, we've come a long way from Madigan right?

yep, that disastrous crowd funder (I've forgotten the name of the woman who set it up, which is probably for the best) was what got me into all this. Cancelled my labour party membership, attended some woman's place meetings and never looked back!

Shedmistress · 12/09/2026 08:47

Excluded from the LABOUR national policy forum?

I mean holy heck, we've come a long way from Madigan right?

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 12/09/2026 08:44

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. 😁

I'm glad the Labour party have belatedly woken up to the fact that they're supposed to be following the law, just like the rest of us. It's for women only and Women = Adult Human Female, not men.

Daniel Green needs to go back to writing school, Emily's not being 'excluded' because he's 'trans', he's not eligible because he's a man.

The whining from the other side is the predicable pitymefest, I'm a victim, 'exclusion', 'discrimination', I wanna, I wanna, I wanna. 🤮

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Hoardasurass · 11/09/2026 18:43

I notice that the article doesn't use his picture, having googled him there no way anyone need to traul through his post and news articles to know he was a bloke

DancingNotDrowning · 11/09/2026 17:57

Emily has been excluded because Emily is a man. Not because he is trans.

this is a pretty tragic case. Emily is blind so must have little idea of how they look. They are very obviously male. It’s sad that no one had been honest with him about that

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 11/09/2026 17:55

alcovecupboards · 11/09/2026 17:23

How do you think Emily should know if she passes or not?

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due to the fact that emily is a man, he should probably assume that those around him perceive him as a man

simpler all round I'd say

NowSober · 11/09/2026 17:50

alcovecupboards · 11/09/2026 17:23

How do you think Emily should know if she passes or not?

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How do you think Emily should know if she passes or not?

As Emily is blind he would have to rely on the opinion of others although candidly no maturity onset trans identifying male ever passes.

Soontobe60 · 11/09/2026 17:34

Emily is a father to 2 adult children, lived life as a man, married at 29 and had ‘sex reassignment’ surgery (whatever that means) when he was 44. His wiki page says that he’s a lesbian. So he’s also deeply homophobic.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 11/09/2026 17:26

Theeyeballsinthesky · 11/09/2026 17:19

Good! As it's should be because he's a man. He can stand for open NPF seat.

Does Emily think Emily passes abd that they were only outed by dastardly trawling through the media rather than the fact they've been an open TW with a high social media presence & long time involvement in the Labour Party?

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It seems that is the gaslighting line we’re expected to swallow, yes.

soupycustard · 11/09/2026 17:23

God almighty, are these people obtuse or simply liars? He wasn't banned for being trans. He cannot take part because he is male.

alcovecupboards · 11/09/2026 17:23

Theeyeballsinthesky · 11/09/2026 17:19

Good! As it's should be because he's a man. He can stand for open NPF seat.

Does Emily think Emily passes abd that they were only outed by dastardly trawling through the media rather than the fact they've been an open TW with a high social media presence & long time involvement in the Labour Party?

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How do you think Emily should know if she passes or not?

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WallaceinAnderland · 11/09/2026 17:22

Is Emily admitting that if no-one knew, Emily would have ignored the law by 'contesting reserved seats allocated for women'?

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 11/09/2026 17:19

Good! As it's should be because he's a man. He can stand for open NPF seat.

Does Emily think Emily passes abd that they were only outed by dastardly trawling through the media rather than the fact they've been an open TW with a high social media presence & long time involvement in the Labour Party?

RoyalCorgi · 11/09/2026 17:19

The article says it's because he's trans. It's not because he's trans, it's because he's a man. How often do we have to explain this?

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