Carol Mapley, a trans woman, has revealed that she will be standing as a Labour candidate for the Castle Douglas and Glenkens seat in next year’s council elections.  The trainee social worker then plans to stand for election as an MSP at a later date.

Carol said: “It’s the first step on the journey. I want to raise the profile of trans-genders, lesbians and gays.  We are pretty marginalised. Society is more accepting of gays than transgenders. I want to bring people out of the shadows".

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