She truly believes gender identity transforms men into women
How does she think this happens? Is there some sort of magical transformation taking place as soon as a man says 'I identify as a woman' or 'I am a woman'? From what she says in that speech she clearly doesn't expect physical transformation of the body in any way.
There is a spectrum, and gender reassignment somehow sounded as though you had to reassign your gender surgically or medically or actually do something.
And I was having so much difficulty understanding what point she was making about sport and toilets and changing rooms that I went back to what Lord Lucas had said, as she appeared to disagree with him.
What he says seems quite sensible and even gender critical, with the view that nobody should have limits places on what they are or are not able to do simply because of their sex. He talks about the problems of men in women's sport and NHS wards and the dangers of transing children.
Lynne Featherstone's reply to that is
The only thing I would take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, on is men taking part in women’s sport; there are issues about toilets and changing rooms—and I am sorry that it has been so reductionist as to come down to that—for sport and for shelters. But those who transition are the other gender, and those who self-identify are the other gender. Those are details that need to be worked out.
Since she is disagreeing with Lord Lucas who says: We would be affecting an awful lot of women by allowing a few men to compete in women’s sport. Imagine the noble Lord, Lord Addington, coming down at you in women’s rugby. It would not be fun. I assume she is in favour of 'men in women's sport' as she puts it.