The Socialists, led by Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, included plans to limit participation in female sports to “people with a female biological sex” in a policy document decided on at the party’s congress over the weekend.

The decision to also remove Q+ from a plan to protect sexual and gender minorities from the impact of social inequality sparked fury from LGBTQ+ activists and politicians from Left-wing partners of Mr Sánchez’s minority government.

The passing of a transgender rights reform in 2023, allowing anyone to change their official sex simply by stating their wish to switch, caused a bitter rift within Spain’s ruling Left-wing forces.

Carmen Calvo, the former Socialist deputy prime minister, said at the time the reform would “destroy the powerful battery of equality legislation in our country”.

Pathetic display from so-called socialists

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    More than anything, I don’t think you really get to have an opinion on what is, or is not, gatekeeping trans people. That’s the sort of thing you need to “shut up and listen” to trans folks about. But that’s just my take.

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        You’re welcome to an opinion on trans folks in sport, that’s not what I’m speaking to. You don’t get to come into a space for trans people, and dictate to us what is, or is not, gatekeeping being trans.

        But yeah, pop off with a misleading quote I guess.