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How Margaret Thatcher helped inspire my transgender journey

4 August 2021

11:22 AM

4 August 2021

11:22 AM

The gender debate has generated plenty of heat, but as a trans person – and keen supporter of the Conservative party – it’s clear to me that amidst this discussion there are plenty of myths circulating.

One that troubles me most – as the first trans person to stand for the Tory party in the European elections in 2019 – is the idea that trans people are all radical left wingers.

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