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| Trans women should be considered for all-women shortlists, says Labour MP | Trans women should be considered for all-women shortlists, says Labour MP |
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| Labour should consider allowing transgender women to be included on all-women shortlists, the party’s shadow equalities minister, Dawn Butler, has said. | Labour should consider allowing transgender women to be included on all-women shortlists, the party’s shadow equalities minister, Dawn Butler, has said. |
| In an interview with the House magazine, Butler said: “I think if a trans woman wanted to be included in an all-women shortlist then that should be considered. | In an interview with the House magazine, Butler said: “I think if a trans woman wanted to be included in an all-women shortlist then that should be considered. |
| “I just don’t think people really need to make a big fuss about it. I mean if one of my team members came into the office and decided that James wanted to be called Jane and was now a woman I would not say ‘prove it, what do you mean?’” | “I just don’t think people really need to make a big fuss about it. I mean if one of my team members came into the office and decided that James wanted to be called Jane and was now a woman I would not say ‘prove it, what do you mean?’” |
| She added that Labour would be setting up an LGBT+ advisory board to review its policies. | She added that Labour would be setting up an LGBT+ advisory board to review its policies. |
| “We will be taking guidance and advice from people who are LGBT+ – who don’t all agree – round the table, because they are not a homogeneous group who all agree on one thing or another. You need people who have lived experiences in order to make informed decisions.” | “We will be taking guidance and advice from people who are LGBT+ – who don’t all agree – round the table, because they are not a homogeneous group who all agree on one thing or another. You need people who have lived experiences in order to make informed decisions.” |
| Her remarks follow the heated debate over the role of trans teenager Lily Madigan, who was elected women’s officer at her constituency Labour party in Kent. | Her remarks follow the heated debate over the role of trans teenager Lily Madigan, who was elected women’s officer at her constituency Labour party in Kent. |
| Responding to Butler’s remarks on all-women shortlists, Madigan told the Guardian: “It shouldn’t be a consideration, it should be the norm. As the party of equality we need to be compassionate and listening, but when it matters we must stand up and speak out. This means being clear that trans women are women, and trans men are men.” | Responding to Butler’s remarks on all-women shortlists, Madigan told the Guardian: “It shouldn’t be a consideration, it should be the norm. As the party of equality we need to be compassionate and listening, but when it matters we must stand up and speak out. This means being clear that trans women are women, and trans men are men.” |
| Butler, the MP for Brent Central, also used the interview to call for her own party to publish its gender pay gap after the controversy over women’s pay at the BBC. | Butler, the MP for Brent Central, also used the interview to call for her own party to publish its gender pay gap after the controversy over women’s pay at the BBC. |
| “I think everybody should publish their gender pay gap,” she said. “I think that you have to see it and measure it to be able to correct it and so it is time for everything to be corrected.” | “I think everybody should publish their gender pay gap,” she said. “I think that you have to see it and measure it to be able to correct it and so it is time for everything to be corrected.” |
| Butler denied that Theresa May was a feminist, despite the prime minister’s longstanding support for bringing more women into parliament. | Butler denied that Theresa May was a feminist, despite the prime minister’s longstanding support for bringing more women into parliament. |
| “No [she isn’t]. Not in my eyes and not in my measure of feminism. I don’t think she is a friend of women. I think that – and I have got good reason for saying that – 86% of the cuts have fallen on the shoulders of women form her government,” she said. | “No [she isn’t]. Not in my eyes and not in my measure of feminism. I don’t think she is a friend of women. I think that – and I have got good reason for saying that – 86% of the cuts have fallen on the shoulders of women form her government,” she said. |