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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, author, and former journalist who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, he identifies as a one-nation conservative.

Trans people protest against UK government blocking Scottish gender bill

Hundreds of transgender people and their allies took to Downing Street on 18 January to protest the government’s decision to block Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill.

Speakers at the demonstration universally condemned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for the move, though anger at both Labour and the Conservatives was clear.

“Trans rights are under attack, stand up, fight back” and “Keir Starmer eat shit” were among the slogans chanted by campaigners.

Some Labour MPs attended the rally, including Angela Eagle and Nadia Whittome, the latter of which gave a speech to the packed out crowd.

“It’s not legal concerns that are behind this order, it’s bigotry,” Whittome declared, adding: “The trans community is not collateral damage, trans rights are not a side issue, and trans people deserve a government that stands on their side.”

Whittome was one of just 11 Labour MPs who sided with the SNP in a symbolic vote about Scotland’s gender bill on 17 January.

What is the Gender Recognition Reform Bill?

The legislation would have made it easier for trans people to change their legally recognised gender.

They would no longer need to be medically diagnosed with gender dysphoria before obtaining a gender recognition certificate as they would in the rest of the UK.

In addition, trans people would no longer have needed to prove that they’ve lived in their gender identity for two years before gaining recognition, while also dropping the minimum age of applying for the certificate from 18 to 16.

It was passed by SMPs in a vote of 86 to 39 in December.

UK-wide proposals for gender recognition reform were initially proposed by Theresa May, though these plans were scrapped during Boris Johnson’s premiership.

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