Backlash to Mhairi Black’s Trans-Inclusivity Proves UK Politics Broken

Her youth wasn’t all that made her stand out from the majority of her colleagues in Westminster. Black is also a working-class, soft-butch lesbian in a place that is not particularly known for attracting or respecting such people. (Currently, 225 of the 650 MPs are women, and there are <a href="https://mps.whoare.lgbt/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">63 openly LGBTQ</a> parliamentarians.) Black won re-election in 2019 in a period when the Labour Party, the official opposition, has tacked toward the middle. As deputy leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster since 2022, Black has quickly gained a reputation as the person most likely to speak up for the poor and marginalized. <a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/backlash-to-mhairi-blacks-trans-inclusivity-proves-uk-politics-broken-5330e1c101ad">Read More</a>