Simon Fanshawe wants the charity to listen to concerns about its campaign to change the Gender Recognition Act

One of the founders of Stonewall has condemned its “extreme” position on transgender rights after its chief executive announced she was stepping down.

Simon Fanshawe, 62, one of the original 14 trustees in 1989 alongside Sir Ian McKellen, called on the organisation to listen to concerns about its campaign to amend the Gender Recognition Act.

Stonewall was established 30 years ago to lobby for the repeal of Section 28, which banned discussion of same-sex relationships in schools. It is campaigning for transgender people to be able to self-identify legally as the gender they feel they are without having to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate. This requires providing evidence that they have lived as the opposite gender for two years and having gender dysphoria diagnosed. The