Trans rights could be weaponised in the election, but what do voters really care about?
With toxic debates about trans people potentially going to dominate the upcoming general election, GAY TIMES asked voters what politicians should be focusing on.
WORDS BY CONOR CLARK HEADER BY ANISA CLEAVER As the UK approaches its next general election, it’s seeming more and more likely that the so-called ‘trans debate’ will be a prominent talking point in both the media and politics.
In fact, it was just last year that Lee Anderson, who was at the time the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, went as far as to say that it will “probably” be fought on “a mix of culture wars and ‘trans debate’” – meaning that topics like self-identification and gender-affirming care will be thrust into the spotlight.
Since then, issues affecting trans and non-binary people have been addressed in Parliament several times, though never with members of the community present.
