The Telegraph- Lib Dems sued over 10-year ban on mother who said ‘trans women aren’t women’
Lib Dems sued over 10-year ban on mother who said ‘trans women aren’t women’ Former party official condemns 'sinister witch hunt' by activists, which included inquiry into an allegedly ‘transphobic’ T-shirt By Ewan Somerville 11 June 2021 • 10:03pm A domestic abuse survivor is suing the Liberal Democrats after she was barred from standing as an MP for stating that trans women are not women. Natalie Bird, 40, was banned from holding party office for 10 years after a complaint about her wearing a T-shirt titled “Woman: Adult, Human, Female” amid allegations of transphobia . The mother of two, who escaped an abusive partner, was first investigated in 2018 after activists complained about her “troublesome” opposition to opening women’s refuges to males who feel they are women , without safeguards for rape and domestic violence victims. A disciplinary hearing found no evidence of transphobia, but she lost multiple roles as party executive in the Nort...