I don’t have any particular axe to grind against Basil but his explanation is rubbish. What I heard wasn’t over the top spoof or the like. They landed as his genuine viewpoint about the subject.
I’m not particularly engaged in the whole transgender conversation and don’t have a particular interest in how others relate to their sexuality.
I would suggest if you are a publicly elected representative particularly with a high profile, and you are going to run your mouth, that you go and educate yourself about subjects will offend members of your constituency.
He’s promised to engage the LGTBI community. He should go and talk to some of the people that he described, and get to grips with who they are, and how they relate to themselves. Even if this doesn’t lead to him understanding them at least he could learn to respect them.
Why do we continue to allow obviously BS explanations by high profile personalities. At least if you are going to express the opinion have the courage of your convictions.