Trans activist and Liberal Democrat party member, Jasmine Joséphine Sakura-Rose, has quit her position as a diversity ambassador for the 50:50 Parliament programme, saying the group hosts anti-trans speakers and ignores the voices of trans and non-binary people.
50:50 Parliament was set up in 2013 and aims to “achieve an inclusive gender-balanced parliament” by encouraging political parties to be more inclusive.
However, Sakura-Rose criticised the group in a resignation letter, saying: “It has become abundantly clear to me that while 50:50 is perfectly happy to use women and non-binary people from diverse backgrounds for publicity purposes, when it comes down to listening to those women and non-binary people it is the viewpoints of cis.