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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot

Gay and trans rights issues divide both Tories and Labour

Keir Starmer at LBC
Sir Keir Starmer struggled to answer the question of whether or not a woman can have a penis in a recent LBC phone-in. Photograph: Ian West/PA

At Tuesday evening’s back-slapping dinner for Conservative MPs, Boris Johnson greeted his colleagues with a typical joke, aimed at exploiting Labour’s discomfort over the sensitive issue of gender: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Or, as Keir Starmer would put it, people who are assigned female or male at birth,” he quipped.

Just hours later, one of those MPs in attendance, Jamie Wallis, issued a heartfelt statement, admitting they were struggling with gender dysphoria.

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