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# MP Rosie Duffield insists: “I’m not remotely transphobic”
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mp-rosie-duffield-insists-im-not-remotely-transphobic/
- Published: 2021-11-30T13:13:03.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-30T11:02:45.000Z
- Description: Labour MP Rosie Duffield has insisted that it is ‘not her place’ to discuss trans issues as it is not her “lived experience”.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Labour UK, LGBTQ, Trans, Trans Rights, transphobia

Labour MP Rosie Duffield, who has been accused of transphobia for her opposition to trans women being allowed to self-identify, has insisted that it is ‘not her place’ to discuss trans issues as it is not her *“lived experience”*. In an interview for [*GB News*](https://www.gbnews.uk/news/labour-mp-rosie-duffield-tells-gb-news-i-dont-talk-about-trans-rights-its-not-my-place/167112?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the MP for Canterbury insisted that she isn’t transphobic, adding: *“I can’t imagine wanting to discriminate or hate a group of people just for who they are and how they want to live.”*

Duffield continued: *“Trans rights are the same rights as everyone else, but what concerns me is that there is a slight conflict in some cases between trans rights and women’s rights…Women’s rights are why I came to Parliament, and why I’m sitting here, because women are now visible in Parliament.”* She also noted that she considers herself an *“ally”* to trans people.

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The MP originally faced accusations of transphobia after liking a tweet that opposed self-identification. Duffield has now argued it is ‘misogynistic’ that her opinions on trans issues have been *“framed by a man who tweeted”*. However, she said that she is still ‘concerned’ over self-identification, as she believes women’s spaces should *“not be shared with someone with a male body.”*