UK equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has said trans people should not be “used as a political punchbag”, while also reaffirming her support for trans people being excluded from single-sex spaces. Phillipson, who is also the government’s education secretary and in the autumn sought to be Labour’s deputy leader, made the comments on the Political Currency […] The post UK equalities minister says trans people must not be used as a political punchbag appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news .