The former barrister and Shadow Justice Secretary made the comments on 22 September, after Labour backbencher Rosie Duffield urged the leader to meet her and other female Labour MPs to discuss the party’s policy on transgender issues.
The Canterbury MP also confirmed she will not attend Labour’s annual conference, which takes place 25-29 September, due to her transphobic views.
Duffield has garnered controversy for demanding a ban on those who self-identify as trans entering the likes of “DV refuges, women’s prisons, single-sex wards and school toilets.” Earlier this month, she also wrote a Twitter thread on the topic and called trans women “male-bodied biological men”. “I also have feminist and gender critical beliefs which mean that