An MP in Nottinghamshire has explained his tweet after the UK Government updated its database to allow people to search for an MP via their gender identity. Bassetlaw's Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith said it was 'a load of nonsense' as one of the options allowed politicians to be recognised as 'non-binary'.
Currently being non-binary, an umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn’t sit comfortably with man or woman and can be fluid between the two, is not a legally-recognised as a gender identity in the UK. However the Government's 'Parliament.uk' website now allows MPs to describe themselves as 'any', 'male', 'female' and 'non-binary'.
Media website Guido Fawkes described the new system as having 'Grindr style functionality at last', comparing it to the dating app, and Mr Clarke-Smith tweeted - in binary - to say: "What a load of nonsense".
