Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has claimed that she shouldn’t have previously described herself as an LGBTQ+ ally. 

Speaking in an interview with GB News on Tuesday (23 April), Truss explained that she had described herself as an LGBTQ+ ally in 2021, however she had only done so in order to vocally oppose gender self-ID and keep LGBTQ+ supporters “on side”.

The then-minister for women and equalities opposed gender self-ID, which would have allowed trans people to legally change their gender without medical intervention. 

The government’s LGBT …