Sir Ed Davey: ‘Some people have a different gender to their biological sex’

The leader of the Liberal Democrats has maintained his position that men can be women.

Sir Ed Davey repeated the claim during an interview with Piers Morgan, in which he refused ten times to answer the question: “Can a woman have a penis?”

In 2023, the party leader stated that fully intact biological men can “quite clearly” be accepted as women.

‘Transphobic’

Sir Ed told Morgan: “The vast majority of people identify with the same gender they had at birth, but there are a few who do not.

“For over 20 years we’ve had a Gender Recognition Act which said that people who want to change their gender can do so. And that’s been cross-party. I think this is a difficult issue.”

He also said: “If you have a different view of your gender than your biological sex at birth, then the Act gives you that right. But the vast majority of people have the same gender as their biological sex.”

Last month, delegates at the party’s annual conference blocked a motion that would have prevented men from taking internal vacancies reserved for women. Lib Dem LGBT activist Lucas North branded the proposal “transphobic”, arguing that “trans identities” are not up for debate.

Unwelcome

The co-leaders of Scottish Greens, Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer, recently announced that voters who believe in biological reality are not welcome in the party.

Greer said Scottish Greens were “unequivocally on the side of trans rights” and described ‘LGBT equality’ as one of the party’s core principles.

Zarah Sultana MP, joint founder of a new party with Jeremy Corbyn, told the Pod Save the UK podcast in September that there is “no room” in the party for MPs who do not have “pro-trans” values.