Coming out as transgender

GagaJo

Are you surprised Parsley3? Boris isn't exactly a prince among men.

Not at all surprised but very annoyed. We have a PM who can’t criticise another’s behaviour because of his pot-kettle-black reputation. It makes a mockery of common decency.

It was very close in 2019, I telephone canvassed, kept hearing
‘For Corbyn ? No’ , will not repeat other comments.

Oh no, she's younger than me, a spring chicken!

I didn't realise she's in her seventies.

I doubt she will run again as she’s in her seventies now Callistemon21 but if I remember rightly it was a pretty close seat in 2019. Definitely one to watch next time.

Anniebach

He will not stand for Bridgend ,he only won that seat because
of Corbyn

A pity that the Labour candidate and former MP Madeleine Moon lost the seat - she wasn't pro-Corbyn either.

Doodledog

Hasn’t he come out as trans in mitigation against a charge of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident?

This MP sounds quite a dodgy character. I didn’t know about his Sugar Daddy sideline either. I hope he doesn’t stand for e-election or if he does, that his constituents don’t vote for him!

Bridgend is historically usually a Labour seat, and the Senedd member is Labour currently. I doubt very much that a Tory candidate, whoever it was will get in there at the next general election - as anniebach said it was the anti Corbyn vote last time.

Certainly, it'll be very hard for their family. But trans doesn't have to mean the end of a marriage. Grayson Perry is a good example. His wife accepts him as he is.

As you've now acknowledged Grayson Perry is not trans, and it would seem his wife is happy with his cross dressing.

A better example would be Debbie Hayton whose family is still intact. Of course she's disliked by many TRAs because she knows she's male, stands up for men out of women's sports, and her children still call her dad, which she's proud to be.

For many women whose husbands decide to become transwomen they become transwidows and are very unhappy with the situation. They need far more support than they get for a situation not of their making or wish.

Are you surprised Parsley3? Boris isn't exactly a prince among men.

He just doesn't seem suitable to be an MP
Which is a pity because he's a very clever person.

Unfortunately, the more that comes out, the more sordid his business dealings appear to be and, of course, he will not be deselected because that could be construed as being transphobic.

If he loses at the next GE then his constituents will be accused of transphobia.

No, of course, he's a transvestite! My apologies. I think I knew that?

Are candidates no longer vetted before they are accepted as potential MPs? The backstory to this fellow’s revelation is extraordinarily seedy and yet people are saying how brave he is and well done the PM for supporting him. Has the nation’s collective consciousness been so brainwashed that the reality of a situation can be simply glossed over in favour of some mindless cheerleading?

GagaJo
Grayson Perry isn’t trans.

I thought Grayson Perry didn't identify as transgender, more he likes to cross dress as his alter ego - whose name escapes me.

Certainly, it'll be very hard for their family. But trans doesn't have to mean the end of a marriage. Grayson Perry is a good example. His wife accepts him as he is.

They were raped and then blackmailed. And has to deal with the trauma of being trans. I pity them.

Yes, his business dealings seem to be dodgy. But as I said above, our PM is no great moral example.

It doesn't sound like he likes women very much at all

I am tired of the whole trans “thing”. Why do people want to have a label attached? Can’t they just “be”. I am not anti trans or anti any other group but goodness everywhere I read now the big “thing” is trans. Slow news week perhaps.
Just my view.

I'll reserve my sympathy for his poor wife and children. Nothing he has done is in any way “brave” and those who support such an individual, who clearly has no integrity, should have a good look at themselves.

I have to say I was very surprised yesterday at some of the praise heaped on him.
I looked at his past when the news broke.

Agreed DiamondLily. And even when we do get the chance of a solid, dependable leader, he's destroyed by the media.

All aside from his trans status as others have said. In the same way I'm disgusted by Boris but wish him no actual harm.

The more one finds out the more sordid it becomes…

GagaJo

Not at all DL. He's following in his illustrious leaders footsteps.

It doesn't make it right though. Nothing to do with whether he wants to change gender or not.

He just doesn't seem suitable to be an MP.

Johnson is a disgrace to his profession , but people keep supporting him for some reason. ?

Higher standards, from all MPs, would be nice,

Not at all DL. He's following in his illustrious leaders footsteps.

He was previously thrown of his town council for being inherently lazy and unreliable.

With all these things, business wise, the Sugar Daddy thing, and with his personal life, I'm amazed he was picked as a Tory MP to start with.

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bridgend-conservative-election-candidate-kicked-17352327