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Streeting: Don鈥檛 shut down Rowling in trans debate

Labour鈥檚 Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged trans rights campaigners not to try to 鈥渟hut down鈥 author JK Rowling when she speaks up in the debate.

In an interview with the 大象传媒鈥檚 Nick Robinson, on his Political Thinking Podcast, Mr Streeting said that was not the way to win an argument and he called for more 鈥渆mpathy and understanding鈥 on both sides.

The MP, who worked for campaign group Stonewall before entering politics, said he would always stand up for LGBT rights.

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