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1 December 2022

How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID 

After years of internal divisions over the trans rights debate, the Women’s Equality Party has taken a clear position.

By Alona Ferber

Disagreements over the rights of transgender people have been dividing feminists in the UK for years – and it is no different for the country’s only feminist political party. 

Last weekend, at its biennial conference, the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) voted in favour of a motion supporting gender self-ID, taking a clear position on a major sticking point in this often toxic debate that leaves average voters confused about what to think.  

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