Munroe Bergdorf: transgender model to advise Labour minister

The 29-year-old will work with equalities minister Dawn Butler despite her inflammatory comments on race last year

Munroe Bergdorf
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Transgender model Munroe Bergdorf has been appointed as an LGBT adviser to a Labour Party minister.

The model and campaigner says she’s “thrilled” to have been asked to “form and push through fairer and more effective policy change”, the BBC writes.

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