Is Jeremy Corbyn right that trans people should be allowed to self-identify their gender?

The Labour leader has told Theresa May he will back the Tories if the government wants to reform legislation about changing your legal gender.

By Helen Lewis

Jeremy Corbyn has reiterated his pledge in the Labour manifesto to allow people to self-identify their gender. He told a Commons reception: “Discrimination has gone on too long. The Gender Recognition Act does not allow trans people to self-identify their gender and forces them to undergo invasive medical tests. This is wrong.”

Theresa May has already said that she wants “changes to be made” to the current system, but the feeling in Westminster is that the socially conservative DUP is unlikely to back her. Hence Corbyn’s offer.