politics, good and bad, trans
The way Rishi Sunak made a transphobic comment in PMQs and didn’t even apologise after the fact for it is just incredible. It put me in a retrospective mood today thinking about how the start to my trans journey has been.
Good: GP is really supportive of me transitioning.
Bad: GP surgery hasn’t changed my name despite having been told months ago.
Good: My employer and coworkers have been supportive.
Bad: Council were not helpful re name change.
politics, good and bad, trans
Good: Changing my name on official gov docs has been painless and they understand that trans people exist and have rights.
Bad: Some laws are old and dumb and politicians are getting in the way of changing those.
Good: The things that are closely important to me re being trans have been great.
Bad: The media and politicians are shit.
politics, good and bad, trans
Ultimately things are okay! They could be better but I’ll be okay.
What I have experienced boils down to this: the way the country works from a procedural and rights perspective is supportive (aside from changing gender marker on gov docs). From a political and media perspective it’s horrible.