THERESA May warned against a “sliding back” of trans rights last night. Speaking at a PinkNews event in Parliament, May told the magazine: “I think much has been achieved over the last 50 years... but there is more to do.”
The ex-PM was speaking as the Tory leadership race became something of a points-scoring exercise over defining a woman. Yesterday, contender Penny Mordaunt made the flippant joke that “it was Margaret Thatcher who said every Prime Minister needs a willy [referring to Thatcher’s deputy PM Willie Whitelaw]. A woman like me doesn’t have one”.
