Tory leadership contender Penny Mordaunt has dismissed new claims about her views on transgender issues as “slander”.
When asked if she thought trans people should be diagnosed Gender Dysphoria Before legally changing her gender, Ms Mordaunt said ‘yes’.
“I have to say we all know what’s going on, this is the kind of toxic politics that people want to get away from,” she added.
“There is a series of slander in the newspapers that is not representative of the way my party works.”
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