I remember the days of ACT-UP very well as I was living in San Francisco at the time (I still have one of my ACT-UP teeshirts). This time around it seems like we are having more trouble getting our resistance going. I don't know if that is because we are out of practice as it were, or because we are "obeying in advance" as Planned Parenthood and several others did. Perhaps we have become comfortable with complacency. As a Transgender woman 34-years post GCS/SRS I have tried explaining to others exactly what David Forbes writes here . . . to no avail. It seems we are repeating much of what Pastor Niemöller said in his poem that began with, "First they came for…”
What the government is doing to immigrants today - with raids, roundups, disappearances, denial of due process and other rights, and hundreds being sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador in direct violation of court orders. Will be done to the trans population and others tomorrow. Stick together and support one another. Together we are stronger.
Here in the UK we are under attack from all sides as well. The widely discredited Cass Report was used by the UK government as an excuse to ban puberty blockers being prescribed for under 18 gender questioning kids, despite volumes of evidence to show that the effects are entirety reversible of required. Fast forward to April 16 2025 and a UK Supreme Court ruling decides that the definition of a man or woman in terms of the Equality Act of 2010 was defined in terms of sex assigned at birth. This has now been taken on by an allegedly left of centre government as an excuse to attempt to erase transgender people especially Trans women out of society. TERFs led particularly by Harry Potter author JK Rowling are having a field day with this fatally flawed judgement. It is getting really awful here now and the suicide rate among us will rocket. Be assured we see you guys from the US and we're with you all the way ❤️
I remember the days of ACT-UP very well as I was living in San Francisco at the time (I still have one of my ACT-UP teeshirts). This time around it seems like we are having more trouble getting our resistance going. I don't know if that is because we are out of practice as it were, or because we are "obeying in advance" as Planned Parenthood and several others did. Perhaps we have become comfortable with complacency. As a Transgender woman 34-years post GCS/SRS I have tried explaining to others exactly what David Forbes writes here . . . to no avail. It seems we are repeating much of what Pastor Niemöller said in his poem that began with, "First they came for…”
I AM NOT BACKING DOWN even if it means my death!
What the government is doing to immigrants today - with raids, roundups, disappearances, denial of due process and other rights, and hundreds being sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador in direct violation of court orders. Will be done to the trans population and others tomorrow. Stick together and support one another. Together we are stronger.
Here in the UK we are under attack from all sides as well. The widely discredited Cass Report was used by the UK government as an excuse to ban puberty blockers being prescribed for under 18 gender questioning kids, despite volumes of evidence to show that the effects are entirety reversible of required. Fast forward to April 16 2025 and a UK Supreme Court ruling decides that the definition of a man or woman in terms of the Equality Act of 2010 was defined in terms of sex assigned at birth. This has now been taken on by an allegedly left of centre government as an excuse to attempt to erase transgender people especially Trans women out of society. TERFs led particularly by Harry Potter author JK Rowling are having a field day with this fatally flawed judgement. It is getting really awful here now and the suicide rate among us will rocket. Be assured we see you guys from the US and we're with you all the way ❤️