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A woman can ‘quite clearly’ have a penis, says Davey

- By Dominic Penna

A WOMAN can “quite clearly” have a penis, Sir Ed Davey has said as he suggested the debate around transgende­r issues had already been settled.

The Liberal Democrat leader insisted discussion­s around single-sex spaces were not new and that more compassion towards trans people was needed.

During a phone-in with LBC’S Nick Ferrari, Sir Ed was asked a question by a caller named Mary from Cambridge, who said she was speaking “on behalf of 51 per cent of the population”.

She told him: “I would like to support the Lib Dems. But can you answer the question ‘what is a woman?’, please?”

Sir Ed said: “The truth is, Mary, the vast majority of people whose biological sex is a woman at birth, they feel they’re women. They feel their gender [is] the same at birth. But there’s this very small number of people who don’t feel like that, and the law has recognised them for over 20 years now.

“This is not a new issue… The law has dealt with this in the right way. The Equality Act is there to allow there to be single-sex spaces.”

He added: “There is a small number of people who actually they’ve got… They have a tough time, they’re harassed, discrimina­ted against. And I think we need to manage this and think about it and debate it with a bit more maturity and a bit more compassion.”

Asked by Mr Ferrari if a woman could have a penis, Sir Ed said: “The vast majority of people will have the same gender as their biological sex, but a small number won’t.”

When the presenter interjecte­d “so a woman can have a penis?”, he replied: “Well, quite clearly.”

 ?? ?? Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the debate around transgende­r issues had already been settled
Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the debate around transgende­r issues had already been settled

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