If you thought the long-awaited publication of trans guidance had finally put an end to years of madness over toilets and sporting tournaments, think again. After more than a year of dither and delay, Labour last month finally published its trans guidance for businesses, services and organisations, building on the Supreme Court ruling that one’s sex is determined by biology. The wait for the 300-page document was ridiculous, but it was generally well received. It stated that those with male genitalia should use the men’s loos and those with female genitalia should go to the ladies’. Who’d have thought!
Anyway, despite almost everyone agreeing that the issue can at last be put to bed, dozens of MPs have decided to say ‘not so fast’. An Early Day Motion is circulating in the Commons, demanding that the guidance, due to be made statutory, is ripped up. Specifically, the motion text states: ‘That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.’
In a shock to absolutely no one, the EDM was laid by the hard-left Corbynista Labour MP Nadia Whittome. A total of 70 MPs have signed it, including 33 from Labour, 29 from the Lib Dems, three from the SNP, two Greens, one Your Party MP and one Social Democratic & Labour Party MP.
Promoting her EDM on social media, Whittome claimed: ‘This guidance does not give clarity and confidence to organisations that want to be trans-inclusive. The Code represents a profound rollback of rights, which will affect trans people directly and erode the principles of inclusion, dignity and equality upon which all our rights depend. This guidance must not become statutory; the government should withdraw it and instead legislate to clarify and protect trans people’s rights, privacy and inclusion.’
In case you were wondering which MPs in the Mother of Parliaments still cannot grasp the concept of ‘what is a woman’ or why single-sex spaces are worth preserving, here is the full list:
- Nadia Whittome – Labour
- Stella Creasy – Labour
- Kate Osborne – Labour
- Marie Goldman – Liberal Democrat
- Lorraine Beavers – Labour
- Siân Berry – Green Party
- Vikki Slade – Liberal Democrat
- Lee Dillon – Liberal Democrat
- Christine Jardine – Liberal Democrat
- Apsana Begum – Labour
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy – Labour
- Hannah Spencer – Green Party
- Paula Barker – Labour
- Layla Moran – Liberal Democrat
- John McDonnell – Labour
- Diane Abbott – Independent
- Lizzi Collinge – Labour
- Rebecca Long Bailey – Labour
- Kim Johnson – Labour
- Richard Burgon – Labour
- Neil Duncan-Jordan – Labour
- Brian Leishman – Labour
- Cat Eccles – Labour
- Peter Lamb – Labour
- Mary Kelly Foy – Labour
- Ian Lavery – Labour
- Dr Simon Opher – Labour
- Liz Jarvis – Liberal Democrat
- Charlotte Cane – Liberal Democrat
- Ian Sollom – Liberal Democrat
- Wendy Chamberlain – Liberal Democrat
- Kirsty Blackman – Scottish National Party
- Ian Byrne – Labour
- Martin Wrigley – Liberal Democrat
- James MacCleary – Liberal Democrat
- Tom Gordon – Liberal Democrat
- Tom Morrison – Liberal Democrat
- Joshua Reynolds – Liberal Democrat
- Dr Danny Chambers – Liberal Democrat
- Claire Young – Liberal Democrat
- Zarah Sultana – Your Party
- Chris Law – Scottish National Party
- Pippa Heylings – Liberal Democrat
- Ben Maguire – Liberal Democrat
- Will Stone – Labour
- Freddie van Mierlo – Liberal Democrat
- Steve Darling – Liberal Democrat
- Lisa Smart – Liberal Democrat
- Kerry McCarthy – Labour
- Tony Vaughan – Labour
- Manuela Perteghella – Liberal Democrat
- Claire Hanna – Social Democratic & Labour Party
- Clive Jones – Liberal Democrat
- Clive Lewis – Labour
- Richard Quigley – Labour
- Pete Wishart – Scottish National Party
- Cameron Thomas – Liberal Democrat
- Luke Taylor – Liberal Democrat
- Brian Mathew – Liberal Democrat
- Chris Webb – Labour
- Euan Stainbank – Labour
- Graeme Downie – Labour
- Will Forster – Liberal Democrat
- Alex Brewer – Liberal Democrat
- Cat Smith – Labour
- Bobby Dean – Liberal Democrat
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