Chairman Anneliese Dodds accused the party of a ‘cavalier approach’ and its proposed safeguards for women and girls were ‘not up to scratch’
Labour has backed down on gender self-identification as the party confirmed it will not follow Nicola Sturgeon’s ill-fated trans law.
Party chairman Anneliese Dodds insisted “sex and gender are different” and that a formal diagnosis would still be needed for transgender people to receive treatment on the NHS.
Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, previously pledged to change the law to allow trans people to self-declare their gender – echoing plans by Ms Sturgeon, which were vetoed in Westminster, to allow anyone over the age of 16 to self-identify without consulting a doctor.
Ms Dodds admitted in an article for the Guardian that Labour’s new position, which is expected to be taken forward into the general election, would “not please everyone” amid a backlash from her party.