Updated February 18th, 2020 at 15:19 IST
Sadiq Khan's tweet about trans rights leaves netizens divided
Member of the Labour Party and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan recently tweeted about 'LGBT History Month' but left netizens divided over 'trans rights'.
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Member of the Labour Party and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan recently tweeted about 'LGBT History Month' but left netizens divided. In his Twitter post, Khan claimed that “all gender identities are valid” after reportedly the members of the party Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry signed a pledge to demand a possible expulsion of transphobic hate groups from the party. As the Mayor of London said he identifies all genders on February 16 and openly supported 'trans rights', the internet users assumed that he knew about the ongoing tensions in politics regarding gender and sex.
Trans women are women.
— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon)
Trans men are men.
Non-binary people are non-binary.
All gender identities are valid.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
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Many Labour members have also supported a group called 'Women Place UK' which argued that an individual's gender identity and self-identification is not outpowered by the sex they are born with. The group also initiated an online hashtag 'Expel Me' in the party in which women claimed that “males can not be women” and that “trans rights” will hinder theirs. However, this stance was at odds with the trans-inclusive feminism.
I’m a member of @UKLabour
— Jane Waring (@warijan)
I’m a lesbian who is same sex attracted. I know humans are sexually dimorphic & sex is immutable. Women are oppressed on the basis
of our sexed bodies. I support safe spaces& services for women on the basis of sex. I support @Womans_Place_UK
#expelme
I am a member of the Labour Party
— Maya Forstater (@MForstater)
I spoke at @Womans_Place_UK #WomensLib2020
I do not believe male people can be women
If "trans rights" means males in women's single sex spaces, sports & associations there is a conflict w women's rights@AngelaRayner @RLong_Bailey #expelme pic.twitter.com/cqLRshwbhG
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Please feel free to share our 5 resolutions widely to ensure people know what our campaign is all about. #ExpelMe
— Womans_Place_UK (@Womans_Place_UK)
1/5 Women have a right to self-organise
2/5 The law must work for women
3/5 An end to violence against women pic.twitter.com/57hPls8f0E
Netizens question Labour MP
However, after Khan's post, most people were seen targetting him regarding the ongoing tiff and one of the internet users also asked, “what is a woman?”. It was Khan's recent post which has re-ignited the debate regarding sex and genders, while most people say sex is above the gender which the human identifies after birth others call for acknowledgement of trans beings.
Mayor of London,
— Fionne Orlander (@FionneOrlander)
What is a woman?
Seahorses are horses.
— Tara (@Tara_lyn1)
Hotdogs are dogs.
Narcissism is an identity.
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By your logic:
— The Fat Controller👊 (@itsjillgardner)
Women are transwomen
Men are transmen
Thus all gender identities are meaningless and cancel each other out.
I’ve got an idea. Let’s categorise people by sex? Much more simple, right? pic.twitter.com/5rs0QjhvKY
Women are adult human females
— Fionne Orlander (@FionneOrlander)
Men are adult human males
TW like me are adult transsexual males
TM are adult transsexual females
Transsexuals modify sex characteristics but changing sex is impossible.
Cannot believe I have to state this to the Mayor of London in 2020.
When the mayor of London tweets ideological dogma, it’s utterly concerning.
— JessDeWahls (@JessDeWahls)
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Published February 18th, 2020 at 15:19 IST