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What is a Woman?

Catherine McKinnell

Labour MP
Newcastle upon Tyne North
2019 General Election Majority: 5765

What is a Woman according to Catherine McKinnell

"Teaching children about the facts of the world in which they grow up must include an understanding that there are people who are transgender, that people can go through a process of change of their gender and that the law provides for that,"

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I absolutely recognise there are two sexes: this is a straightforward fact.

I feel unsafe, in this world and in this country, because of this toxic debate.

What we must do is to not allow a very small percentage of the population to allow us to be distracted, to take away from women's rights.

It's completely unfair that biological males who've passed puberty should be involved in any aspect of women's sport.