Thread on some more findings from the ComRes poll of MPs on transgender reform. As I tweeted earlier, only 28% of MPs support the proposals.
54% of MPs feel they cannot speak freely on trans issues for fear of social media attacks or being accused of transphobia. ComRes poll.
Only 11% of MPs agree that people who refuse to use the chosen gender pronouns of trans people should be liable to prosecution for hate crime. ComRes poll of MPs, Sept 2018.
59% of MPs (across all parties) and 82% of Tory MPs believe the recent increase in the number of children presenting as transgender is worrying and has not yet been properly explained or discussed. ComRes poll of MPs, Sept 2018.
67% of MPs across all parties (and 78% of Tory MPs) are concerned that rules allowing men to self-identify as women and access women-only spaces could be exploited by abusive individuals. ComRes poll of MPs, September 2018.
Only 39% of MPs (across all parties) agree that men who change legal gender to become women should get all the same legal rights to access all services and facilities available to women born female.
