It's Not About Us

I wrote this recently as the situation for Trans in the world took a dangerous turn under the double pressure of Donald Trump's power-play and the ruling of the Supreme Court in the UK. Here are a few quotes from my piece to set you off reading it, - "what has happened as a result of the self-defeating legal appeal to the UK Supreme Court, is not about us. It is not about us as members of the trans community, it is about everybody." "the fundamental challenge is to claim our place in society and to refuse our designation as outside and other. We must assert our belonging, with everybody else and to ourselves." "So, resist, gather, express, communicate, associate – this is the mantra for trans survivalism in a world which also needs to survive to contain us." "To our allies, – and ourselves, no doubt – we should be saying, don’t let the contentions, the debates about toilets and sport and memberships, prevent any of us from affirming our values and our value. These are battles which will be ongoing. For now the main win we have to achieve is to retain the respect of the world, and to keep winning it." And see my other writings on this site to reinforce these ideas. You're welcome.....