Ever since I started this fight I have made it clear that I am objecting to trans ideology, the erasure of sex, its impact on women, the safeguarding of women and children, and the bodies of young people.

I have repeatedly said that I believe trans people deserve recognition and

protection under the law, and that they need better and more comprehensive medical treatment to make sure thorough assessments are done.

I am against erasing women in law and public policy, I am against teaching trans ideology to children, I am against people being put on

lifelong medical pathways without full exploration being done of all possible aetiologies, and I am against medical interventions for minors.

I am not against the existence of trans people. We might want to live in a world without gender. We might hope that in a world without

people would not suffer gender dysphoria, like we might hope that in a world without beauty policing, women wouldn& #39;t suffer from sometimes life-threatening body dysmorphia.

But we don& #39;t live in that world now. People do have dysphoria, and some people need to do what they

need to do to make their lives liveable now. Denying recognition or relief to that suffering, where it does not impinge on your rights, because of the purity of your principles, is inhumane.

And if that& #39;s what you& #39;re fighting for, we& #39;re not fighting the same fight.