Saielle DaSilvaDec 4, 2022

#UK folks, there's a petition to keep protection of transgender people in the equality act.

It's pretty scary being trans in this country at the moment, and we could use your help to protect our rights.

Feel free to share broadly/openly with others. Steal, boost, whatever. Let's get 100k signatures, please.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/627984

Petition: Commit to not amending the Equality Act's definition of sex

It has been reported that the Government may amend the Equality Act to "make it clear that sex means biological sex rather than gender." The Government has previously committed to not remove legal protections for trans people, an already marginalised group, but this change would do so.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Show threadgavinisdie Dec 4, 2022
@intentionaut as an American, I can't believe countries like the US and UK are reversing on rights
Show threadHelena RigbyDec 15, 2022
@gavinisdie @intentionaut yup. I thought we were doing better 😢
Show threadSaielle DaSilvaDec 15, 2022

@Harryshelper @gavinisdie Respectfully, your shock is a byproduct of the privilege you bring to the problem.

Black people and other activists have been shouting about rising militarism in the police as a symptom of a hard shift towards right-wing culture for a decade.

The attack on trans rights is just the lightning rod to facilitate unity across a disjointed movement.

Authors
Ijeoma Oluo
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Renni Eddo-Lodge
Shon Faye
C. Riley Snorton
Travis Alabanza
Sarah Kendzior
Chris Hedges

Show threadHelena Rigby
@intentionaut @gavinisdie sorry, I think you may have misunderstood. I wasn't talking about now, as in the very recent past. I meant over the last few decades. I have been stopped in a car to check my black son hadn't car jacked me which I know would not have happened if he was white. It's clearly something getting worse, and that's terrifying.
I do understand what you meant. I wish I had the answers. And yes, I myself have a lot of privilege, fear for my kids isn't one of them.
Dec 15, 2022 at 9:15amWeb