Political Parties’ Stances on Women's Rights and Gender Identity
In the final debate before the election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer discussed women-only spaces, marking sharp divides in their parties' positions. The Conservatives aim to protect female-only spaces by clarifying that sex means biological sex in the Equality Act. Unlike Labour and the Lib Dems, they have not confirmed a ban on conversion therapy.
In the final debate before the election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer discussed women-only spaces, marking sharp divides in their parties' positions.
The Conservatives aim to protect female-only spaces by clarifying that sex means biological sex in the Equality Act.
Unlike Labour and the Lib Dems, they have not confirmed a ban on conversion therapy.
Labour has promised to protect female-only spaces while respecting transgender individuals, pledging to reform the Gender Recognition Certificate process and ban conversion therapy.
The Lib Dems advocate for overhauling gender recognition, removing medical diagnosis requirements, and recognizing non-binary identities.
The SNP, led by John Swinney, remains cautious about changes post-election but had previously supported self-identification.
Reform UK plans to ban transgender ideology in schools and scrap the Equality Act.
The Green Party supports self-identification for trans and non-binary individuals, and Plaid Cymru also backs gender recognition reforms without medical diagnosis.