Rivaclaw🏳️‍⚧️ΘΔ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

It's been literally a single week that Labour have been in power and already they have committed to continuing the same transphobic policies as the Tories, with Wes Streeting (a pitiful quisling who wants to further privatise the NHS) planning to make the Tories' last minute ban on puberty blockers a permanent fixture. This currently makes it criminal to prescribe puberty blockers to trans youth (although cis kids can still get them, it's just trans kids who are excluded), and the intention is for it to stay that way.

This essentially means for nobody to be able to start transition until the age of 18, at which point it'll probably still take years on end before they can even get an initial appointment (I am 18 months into my own wait.)

Streeting has also walked back any previous support he's shown for trans rights, literally saying he's changed his mind about previous supportive statements, and favouring segregated healthcare for trans women in hospitals.

He is an unpopular politician who barely got elected last week, and one of his core strategies seems to be making our lives worse. Labour's "reset moment" on "toxic" trans discourse appears to just be to focus on destroying us more quietly, instead of as loudly as possible like the Tories did.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/12/wes-streeting-puberty-blockers/

Here's something for you though - a lot of Labour MPs do not like this, and actually probably would want to take our side. Wes has never met with any trans focused orgs or really anyone to discuss our needs. Other MPs will though - I believe Notts Pastel Project, as a local example for me, have arranged a meeting with Nadia Whittome MP to discuss this.

Labour just got a landslide victory, you *might* be able to get your MP on side. If you think they're at all amenable to helping out, please write to them. I already intend to be in regular contact with my local MP, who claims himself a trans ally, and I'll gonna be writing him myself this weekend to try and move the needle on this.

We cannot rely on Labour themselves to fix this for us. The call is coming from inside the house - they're the problem as much as the solution. As much as we need to pressure the incumbent political forces to do the right thing, we should also be trying to find out how we can take care of each other in the face of a system that is increasingly hostile toward us. How we can protest to make our voices heard, and to make life hell for the people working to destroy us. How we can organise to make it clear we're not just a political punchbag you can abuse in order to appease gammon dipshits.

Find a local trans org. Tell our "allies" about this. Find a way to help out.

Just do something if you can, please. This shit is gonna end lives.