#uk lgbt

[catskincass]

UK folks!!

There's some new 'guidance' for schools in the works, which aims to force teachers to inform parents if a child is questioning their gender, or identifies as trans.

This would also involve refusing to acknowledge a child's gender identity without express consent of the parents AND the personal approval of the head teacher.

I can't stress enough how dangerous this will be for trans and queer children in the UK. Some of you may remember Thatcher's Section 28, a piece of legislation designed to "prohibit the promotion of homosexuality".

Practically, this bill legalised homophobia and orientation-based discrimination for years.

THIS guidance for teachers will be worse. This guidance directly targets trans children and puts them at risk of discrimination, harassment and abuse by the people supposed to protect them.

Below is a link to a petition you can sign to counter this guidance. If you can, PLEASE write to your local MP. If they are labour, it is likely they will have opposed Section 28 when it was released and, if enough determination is shown CHANGE CAN HAPPEN.

We cannot let this guidance get a foothold.

We cannot endanger trans children.

DON'T GIVE THEM AN INCH.

[emmarosela]

Let's be naughty 🍒🍆💦💦💦

[1smallmeg]

Someone needs to teach me how to style my hair now it’s short 🤕

[wtfjd95]

Need the sadness fucked outta me I think.

[giveyoumylife]

Double double

[keirstarmerhateblog]

[atleastimnotcalledrock]

Question is are we even surprised?

[loudestcloud]

Alice Litman got on the Gender clinic waiting list at 16 and died at 20 because of the waiting. I have had to wait the exact same time but now I keep thinking about how I'll always be waiting longer than her now. She'll never get to transition, it was robbed from her. I'll think of her every step I take now. No one should have to wait 4 years, let alone the now expected 10.

[brightonratgirl]

Thinking about the first DW special some more and really getting more disappointed with the attempt at trans rep. I thought about how Donna gave all her lottery winnings away and said she should have saved some to leave the area, but if this was real she would definitely save a chunk for Rose's transition? Because she certainly didn't get gender affirming care through the NHS while still being at school. And then I realised they never mention any real problems trans people face in the UK or anywhere?

The issues addressed are skin deep; Boys at school calling her names instead of the school itself putting Rose in dangerous compromising positions with those same bullies. Rose's grandmother meaning well but getting confused instead of how difficult it is to be properly recognised by any official body. A bit about assuming pronouns but ZERO mention of how we can be murdered, for being trans, while the police have to be browbeaten into recognising it as a hatecrime and the media will call us by a false name and identity which caused us nothing but pain in the articles about it!

The "rep" we get is reminiscent of MCU 'girlboss feminism' filled with puns and a joke about "male presenting people" (which barely makes sense, the Doctor was JUST a woman) just likely to alienate supporters and members of our community so Russell and the others can look so progressive without doing any real advocacy or calling out real institutions, including their own colleagues in the BBC and media in general. This is what actual virtue signalling looks like. Russell knows the life and strife of gay men but clearly doesn't know or doesn't care enough about the same for trans people.

The story itself was fun and I liked the characters elsewhere, but I am pessimistic about how the future will go. I'm afraid that in making Rose a cause for ally points, the creators have insured she gets no chance to be a character or a voice.

[diet-coke-and-cigs]

hi guys i’ve made a gfm for my top surgery, it would mean the world if you could donate or share.

Thanks, Ellis :)

[emmarosela]

NO BAD VIBES 🍒🍓💦💦💦💦

[1smallmeg]

A wee sat night out !

[giveyoumylife]

Building

[feralattentionwhore]

"Your toy looks adorable" - what someone should be telling my gf, refering to me

[lightofthedarkdarkofthelight]

Queer / neurodivergent soft SOFT friendships pls

Cis hets DNI pls thx

Hi you can call me by the first letter of my name ‘T’, I’m in my late 20’s, soft butch, trans masc, enby, stone butch, gender blind (in all respects tbh), vegan, artist, writer, researcher, outdoors fanatic, lover of all things nonhuman

My special interests: philosophy specifically/particularly metaphysics, biocentrism and ecosophy aka anything to do with the study of the matter of our universe and all it contains, the absurdity of how matter is essentially based on illusions and tricks, everything non-human , all the connections/symbiotic relationships of natural relationships in the natural world and also spirituality / faith systems and the law of assumption

My social battery and social ways tend to mean I can be amazing socially socially for a select time but then I crash out and disappear to hermit land (depending on how social I was being this could literally mean no internet interaction for months let alone in person) I’m working on this

I go through phases (years/months) of having great genuine soft friendships to absolutely zero and I want to work on this also, currently and perhaps obvious to this post Im in the latter phase. Which means my social skills are probably poor again. One brilliant thing about adhd though is regardless of all the above as soon as I’m vining with someone I’m the joker of the moment bound to make you smile.

Neurodivergent friends: this is actually a category that can be a loophole on my dni aka men as my issues with men I’ve found can sometimes be not a thing at all with someone neurodivergent, I myself have autism, adhd and cptsd. I’ve had close friendships with I swear like every known diagnostic out there haha so don’t feel you have to be apprehensive about this I know how it is and I’m really chill honestly, they are just descriptions to better establish our ep connections right. Also agere in this context is a vibe and we connect on this.

Im really looking to connect with queer poc, queer women, butches, dykes, masculine presenting women, trans lesbians, transmascs

I have a lot of trust issues right now but specifically around men/cis hets,

For in person friendships:

I’m based in the uk, I’m very loyal but to the point I do need to work on it as not to be taken advantage of, I can be quite tactile after trust is established, I, the friend that will always (consensually) pick you up play with your hair give you a back rub or vice versa i love being picked up having hair played with, I also love nature walks, going to queer/poc events, making art/getting crafty, reading (also isn’t it special when you can read in silence with a person or group of persons), friends you can stargaze with or go wild camping are especially close to my heart, despite this post I’m the banter loving playful puppy sort could literally have a conversation that makes zero sense due to its randomness and still have a blast whilst equally get deep on conspiracies and philisophical theories. Also like to binge shows that tend to be, fantasy, lgbt, anime, cartoons, documentaries, crime based, conspiracy based etc

For long distance/online friendships: It could be that we live far apart or you aren’t good with being in person in which case as long as you are the creative writing or rpg sort this could still work, I’ve had friendships that were mainly lived out through back and forth writing creating story experiences to share in worlds we create, or if you are into RPG as this can be similar as long as you are down to teach me the ropes of your game(s) of interest I, down for this, also down to do video calls when we both feel

I will probably end up drawing for you or write you poems lol

Things I think worth noting about me: my literal communication style benefits from CLOSED questions I hate open ended questions as my brain will scan through too many possibilities and uncertainties which can lead to me saying what I think I’m meant to not what I mean, clear and concise communication is great else I overthink or project or misunderstand or get paranoid and probably won’t express this. I sometimes need persistence, like being called, texted a lot in order to start re engaging this actually also helps wit my trust.

I love comics and sorta live off WEBTOON because comics/graphic novels are expensive for how fast you get through them:( particularly obsessed with fantasy stories that entail queer dynamics

I’m happily taken in a relationship so queer couple friendships, friendships with queer families/parents is also great=)

Feel free to message things about you or just message in short as a response or repost if you are looking for similar things and want more people to see/interact all is cool

[puerileaccismus]

(Cw transphobia, vent)

Being queer in Scotland is... strange.

I'll hear on the news about the latest anti-trans movement, about these horrible people being given a platform on TV and newspapers, about how someone got assulted for simply being suspected of being trans.

Then ill go for a walk to see pride flags. I'll see lgbtq+ posters and helplines. I'll see a poster explaining different queer identities. So much positivity.

It feels like a pendulum. I see people braver than me wearing pride pins and lgbtq+ books being displayed in the library proudly, then ill go home and hear how a teen my age got murdered.

From my experience, Scotland is very pro-lgbt+ even with the bullshit England is pushing. But with how things are happening, I worry when it won't be. And it feels like there's nothing I can do.