Keir Starmer doesn’t imagine trans ladies are ladies, No 10 says
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t imagine transgender ladies are ladies, his official spokesman has stated.
In March 2022, when he was chief of the opposition, Sir Keir instructed the Instances that “a lady is a feminine grownup, and along with that transwomen are ladies, and that’s not simply my view – that’s truly the regulation”.
Final week, the UK Supreme Courtroom dominated {that a} lady is outlined by organic intercourse underneath equalities regulation.
Requested if Sir Keir nonetheless believed {that a} transgender lady was a lady, the PM’s official spokesman stated: “No, the Supreme Courtroom judgment has made clear that when trying on the Equality Act, a lady is a organic lady.”
The spokesman added: “That’s set out clearly by the courtroom judgment.”
The ruling additionally makes it clear that an individual who was born male however identifies as a lady doesn’t have the proper to make use of areas or companies designated as for women-only.
The spokesman pressured the PM had repeatedly stated “a lady is an grownup feminine” earlier than the courtroom judgment.
In 2023, Sir Keir instructed The Sunday Instances that for “99.9%” of girls “after all they have not bought a penis”.
Later that 12 months he instructed BBC Radio 5 Stay “a lady is an grownup feminine”.
In April 2024 he stated Rosie Duffield, the previous Labour MP, was proper to say “solely ladies have a cervix”, telling ITV: “Biologically, she after all is correct about that.”
Requested whether or not Sir Keir would use a trans lady’s most popular pronouns, the spokesman declined to touch upon “hypotheticals” however insisted the PM had “been clear that trans ladies needs to be handled with the identical dignity and respect as anybody else”.
Pressed over when the PM had modified his thoughts, his spokesman insisted the Labour authorities had been constant that single intercourse areas “are protected in regulation”.
He added that the Supreme Courtroom had “introduced readability” on this.
