Labour tears itself apart over trans rights as biological man 'breaks party rules' and stands to become women's officer

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Labour has become embroiled in a fresh row over trans rights after activists put forward a biological man to be the women's officer for an LGBT+ group.

The Trans Rights Alliance, a newly formed organisation seeking to change Labour's approach to gender issues, has put forward a number of candidates for election on July 19.

One of them includes Steph Richards - a transgender woman in possession of a gender recognition certificate - who is standing for women's officer.

However, a gender critical group within the party, Labour LGB, said the move breaks party rules by 'putting a man forward to be a women's officer'.

Sharing the list of candidates, the group posted on X: 'Many people say that trans ideology is a men's rights movement.

'The "Trans Alliance" (seeking to take over the once-great LGBT+ Labour) has set out to prove this.

'Also breaking party rules by putting a man forward to be Women's Officer.'

Continues at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14887747/Labour-trans-rights-biological-man-women.html

"She told Labour List: 'I am legally female, other than in regards to the Equality Act and the Equality Act does not apply to the position within LGBT+ Labour so I am thoroughly within my legal right and my moral right to be able to stand.' "

The Equality Act does apply to political parties: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/guidance/equality-act-2010-guide-political-parties

If the Labour LGBT Campaign has provision in its Terms of Reference for either a man or woman to be elected as Woman's Officer, then I guess Steph can stand for election, but so can any other biological male? What a joke.

www.lgbtlabour.org.uk/committee

Appropriating and stealing posts that are set aside for women. Self-centred prick.

That's the problem with reality. You can't outrun it and when it catches up with you, you get one hell of a bite on the arse.

Is there any chance that the trans officer wouldn't be trans, or the disability officer not disabled?

What a dick.

I do not think she should be able to run but it will be interesting to see how many votes she gets

It will tell us a lot about the state of the labour party

Hasn't this happened before, with a teenage boy called Liam Madigan? A good few years ago now, so I might be mistaken.

Yes. But there were various allegations of sexual assault, after which he vanished from sight.

https://whatisawoman.uk/LilyMadigan/

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It did but the mood within the party has changed now

It will be interesting to see who supports this

Liam Madigan .

I'll always remember this tweet.

What a load of hyperbole, the Labour Party is not tearing itself apart.

They are at a guess, ignoring and trying to sweep, what they sowed under the carpet of history.

The earlier thread on this https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5370153-the-trans-rights-alliance-has-put-forward-steph-richards-a-transgender-woman-in-possession-of-a-grc-as-its-candidate-for-womens-officer?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Sorry to start a second thread. The lure of the DM headline caught my eye.

If it wasn't that it is women protesting this, this would be written up as the Labour party tearing itself apart.

To everybody else its just women are just whining and not doing what they are told.

"However, a gender critical group within the party, Labour LGB,"

These Twitter groups which, like the 'LGB Alliance' are mostly straight people and mostly men will be used to attack gay rights. Looking Followerwonk at these ""grassroots"" groups was always fascinating and made it very obvious that it was just the same people boosting each other.

"The "Trans Alliance" (seeking to take over the once-great LGBT+ Labour) has set out to prove this."

People picking stuff out of their arses again.

Steph Richards can go do whatever she wants, but she's completely lost in terms of where most trans people are at.

I’ve applied to be the trans representative on a committee at work. After all, they’re not going to do a genital check, and most of the time you can’t tell that someone is trans.

"Nothing about us without us 😡" unless you're the wrong kind of woman.

"These Twitter groups which, like the 'LGB Alliance' are mostly straight people and mostly men will be used to attack gay rights."

This is an outright falsehood that's been debunked on MN before. The casualness of TRAs' lies is one of the more conspicuous aspects of their debating tactics.

archive.ph/SKgCl

The whole movement is based on advocacy for lying and for those lies being accepted, so it’s hardly surprising.

Maybe this is a good thing. Whether he gets in or he's barred from running it will lance the boil.

And if he is allowed to run and just doesn't win, there's no point of contention proved but there is lots of lovely useful sunlight.

This all depends, as Nebulous said, on whether the Labour Party rules specify that the women's officer must be a woman. If they don't, well, anyone can stand. If they do, then they would be breaking the law by electing Steph to the post. The Supreme Court ruling made that completely clear.

Agree with teawamutu
This will give Labour a chance to show if they’ve changed or not.

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