Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has launched yet another attack at the trans community by saying that people âcanât be any sex they want to be.â
He made the remarks during his closing speech at the 2023 Conservative Party conference on Wednesday (4 October) afternoon.
At one point, Sunak said that people shouldnât be âbullied into believing people can be any sex they want to beâ as he made clear his stance on trans people.
âWe are going to change this country and that means, life means life. That shouldnât be a controversial position. The vast majority of hard-working people agree with it,â he began. âWe shouldnât get bullied into believing people can be any sex they want to be. They canât,â â Rishi Sunak
âIt also shouldnât be controversial for parents to know what their children are learning in school about relationships.
âPatients should know when hospitals are talking about men or women,â which was met with a large applause.
He went on: âWe shouldnât get bullied into believing people can be any sex they want to be. They canât.â
âA man, is a man, and a woman, is a woman, that is just common sense,â he added, to yet more noise from Tories in attendance.
Many on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter) reacted to the comments, accusing Sunak of making âpersistent attacksâ and labelling him âdisgracefulâ. âA man, is a man, and a woman, is a womanâ
One wrote in response: âTrying to distract people from his governmentâs corruption and incompetence by attacking some of the most vulnerable people in society. Vile.â
Needlessly stirring up hatred where it is unjustified to make a cheap political dig, before going on to claim the country is wonderful because of its tolerance. Disgraceful excuse for a PM,â another went on to add.
Sunak can go and do one. Pandering to middle class transphobes isnât the election winner you think it is,â someone else echoed.
âThe persistent attacks on not only one of the smallest but most at risk communities is vile. Absolutely disgusting party through and through including anyone who supports them,â a social media user weighed in.
It comes after Health Secretary Steve Barclay outlined plans yesterday (3 October) to ban trans women from accessing female NHS wards.
This has since been backed by other senior Tories such as Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall criticised the announcement, labelling it a âcynical attempt to look busyâ instead of actually improving womenâs healthcare.
Addressing party members in Manchester, Mr Barclay said: âWe need a common-sense approach to sex and equality issues in the NHS â that is why today I am announcing proposals for clearer rights for patients.
âAnd I can today confirm that sex-specific language has now been fully restored to online health advice pages about cervical and ovarian cancer and the menopause.
âIt is vital that womenâs voices are heard in the NHS and the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients are protected.â
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Hitler thought the same way.
You guys need to flush the #Tories completely in this upcoming election.
Youâre expecting that labour would be politically further in your favour. How optimistic.
Donât do that âtheyâre just as bad as each otherâ thing, Labour are clearly not this bad, and fortunately there are other parties to vote for!
Am I bitter that the only way the party of Labour will take power is by being Tory lite? Perhaps.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Pointing out that people are pointing out that the Tories are like the Nazis all of the time isnât a defence, itâs just admitting the indefensible and side stepping the issue.
If people quote Nazi like things itâs going to get brought up. My challenge to you, is to be better.