"I've had such disgusting things said to me over 37 years and now, to stand to be an MP in the seat of democracy in the United Kingdom, I've had to have such a torrent of transphobic abuse at that point when we're talking about democracy, we're talking about making people's lives better. It’s rather sad that these people feel that they want to do this attacking and this abuse online"
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Izzard said they were "not sure" if trans women should be on an all-women shortlist for candidate selection. A former women's officer for the Labour Party in the neighbouring |Sheffield Hallam constituency had photographic evidence of Izzard having used a women's toilet at a Labour campaigning event.
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