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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Andrew MacAskill

UK lawmaker comes out as first transgender member of parliament

MP Jamie Wallis speaking in Parliament. via Parliament TV

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said on Wednesday he planned to change his gender identity to become Britain's first openly transgender member of parliament, a decision he said followed a series of harrowing episodes in his personal life.

Jamie Wallis, 37, who represents an area in Wales, said in a statement he was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and has "felt this way" since he was a child.

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