Alan Cumming says public should be ‘up in arms’ over Rishi Sunak ‘denying the existence’ of trans people

Alan Cumming has said the public should be ‘up in arms’ over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘denying the existence’ of transgender people.

The actor, 58, spoke out against comments Sunak made at the Conservative Party Conference in October where he said the British public were being ‘bullied’ into believing ‘people can be any sex they want to be’.

‘A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, that’s just common sense,’ he said. 

Speaking on 5 News, Alan, who has long been an advocate for LGBT rights, said he believes the debate over trans rights is part of a larger culture war.

He explained: ‘I think that, you know, the sort of culture wars are so awful. We don’t really talk about policies, we don’t really talk about real issues, or things that are really important. 

The actor, 58, spoke out against comments Sunak made at the Conservative Party Conference in October where he said the British public were being ‘bullied’ into believing ‘people can be any sex they want to be’

‘What we do is we grab on to things like trans kids and bathrooms, and we make that the culture war.

‘Why do we allow, our Prime Minister actually said that there’s only male and female there’s no in-between, I mean how dare he say that? 

‘And how dare we, we should be up in arms about that, that he’s just denying the existence of all these, of trans people, and you know sadly people listen to Prime Ministers.’

The Good Wife star told how he believes politicians do things the public don’t want because they are ‘desperate to hang on to their jobs’.

He said: ‘I think it’s interesting, I think I really find you know, the way sometimes I think politicians behave here because they, and I mean in England, that they are so desperate to hang on to their jobs that they do things that do not reflect the wishes of the people who elected them.

‘And it’s this thing in America where people hang on to their jobs until they’re like a thousand years old. 

‘Like people keep doing their jobs and also you know we do things to our face and our bodies to make a smoke screen, so you don’t know how old we really are, and you know, even President Biden hasn’t done that. 

‘I think that’s part of it, this culture of staying young at all costs and we worship at the altar of youth, and what happens? We get people who are 82 thinking they are 35.’

Speaking on 5 News, Alan, who has long been an advocate for LGBT rights, said he believes the debate over trans rights is part of a larger culture war

Sunak doubled down on his stance when he was asked if he regretted his comments at the Conservative Party Conference.

Speaking during an interview following the Meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain he said: ‘No, I think a man is a man and a woman is a woman, I think most people watching this program will think that that’s common sense and that’s just a fact of biology. 

‘Now, of course, this is always going to be passionate, tolerant country. That’s how we always are but we can’t ignore fundamental facts of biology and saying those things shouldn’t be controversial.’