Varadkar does not want Fine Gael dragged into a transgender culture conflict

Fine Gael TDs and senators voiced a variety of opinions on transgender issues at a private party meeting.

The Taoiseach has cautioned his party against being “dragged into” a culture war over transgender issues.

A significant number of Fine Gael TDs and senators expressed a variety of opinions on transgender issues at a private party meeting, raising concerns about transgender prisoners and how the subject is addressed in schools, irishexaminer.com reports.

Leo Varadkar told his colleagues that transgender persons exist, citing a former Fine Gael councillor who is transgender, but that it is a difficult problem for which education is essential.