Eddie Izzard rules out appearing on all-women Labour MP shortlist

Comedian hoping to be next MP for Sheffield Central says she would not stand on such a list as ‘I’m gender fluid’

Eddie Izzard has said she would not try to be selected as an MP using an all-women shortlist for the Labour party, and “isn’t sure” that transgender women should be allowed to run on them.

Izzard, 60, who became famous as a cross-dressing comedian and now identifies as a gender-fluid trans woman, has made the longlist of the open contest to become Labour’s candidate for the safe seat of Sheffield Central in the next general election.

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