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A trans man was reportedly denied a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) because of his desire to have kids.
A trans man is challenging the Gender Recognition Panel after they denied his gender based on his desire to have kids. The unnamed UK residentâs request to have his gender legally recognised was denied by the panel, who reportedly rejected his application over his intention to conceive. Under the Gender Recognition Act, trans UK citizens can obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) to have their identity recognised on legal documents and identification.
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if you're in the uk and rightfully concerned/angry about the supreme court and EHRC's transphobic propositions, here is a template of a letter/email you can send to your MP urging them to fight against them, provided by transactual. you can find your local MP and their contact information by entering your postcode here. more information (and directions on how to call or meet your MP, if you'd prefer) can be found on the trans solidarity alliance's website.
if you're outside the uk or would rather chip in monetarily, the good law project has a crowdfunder you can donate to.
Like in the USA, queer british history is tied to black british history. Unlike the USA we never hear their names
It's black history month in the UK, but no child I know of has been taught about black queer history.
So join me in learning about it.
Learn about Pearl Alcock who set up the only gay bar in brixton at the time as a refuge for black gay men.
Ted Brown one of the organisers of the first UK pride rallys in 1974
Justin Fashanu the first openly gay footballer in 1990.
The fact that the UK GLF was inspired by the black panthers revolutionary convention in 1970.
Or Ivor Cummings "the gay father of the windrush generation"
When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncove
I'm sure there are 100s more names to go on this list, but I don't know them. I can't find them. Kinda the point if racism and homophobia tho isn't it? To hide the culture and history of black queer people, to make black queer people feel like their alone, feel like there was noone who came before to look up to and be seen by.
British people: "How Americans elected Trump, why did they vote against their own interest?"
Also British people: just voted into local councils a party that's ostensibly more radical than Trump.
Note for trans people in the UK: if you can, seek evacuation. If you can't, seek community, form support groups and organize HRT procurement and safehouses.
I'm rooting for you. Stay strong.
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Things are bad for trans folks in the UK right now. A hate organisation playing dress-up as a human rights org called the EHRC that the government uses to create advice on following the equality act and surrounding legal infrastructure issued a code of practice for businesses last year following the ruling that the equality act's definition of woman and lesbian does not include trans women. This code was only a draft, meant to tell businesses what legally complying with this ruling would look like, and would have encouraged businesses to act as gender police in bathrooms and other "single sex" spaces, creating a very unsafe environment for trans people, massively infringing on our rights to exist as ourselves in public. It is this generation's Section 28. It is segregation and it is part of the ongoing trans genocide by the UK government.
After a mass lobby, many people writing to their MPs, the goodlawproject getting involved, and warnings from the UN and many human rights orgs and businesses, our equalities minister rejected the draft. However, a new version just released that she has approved, and it's almost identical to the original. This guidance confusing, contradictory, and dangerous. And we have less than 40 days to convince our MPs to vote against it.
What you can do đłïžââ§ïž
Attend the mass lobby on the 25th of June. Call your MP first to make sure they'll be there. More info on the trans actual Instagram/website.
Email your MP. Look up their email (gov.uk has a tool) and send them an urgent, polite email now asking them to vote against this guidance
Also, email your MP to ask for a meeting. They legally have to meet with you. Give the issue you want to talk about, your name, address, and contact number.
If you're not in the UK, share this post, and tell your UK friends about the mass lobby. We need as many of us as we can get.
Check in on your trans friends. We are in a sea of hate right now; community, love, and companionship are sorely needed, and always appreciated.
Where to learn more
The non binary barrister on Instagram has done some great videos on this, as has the good law project.
Important reminder
I know this is a scary time, but we fought this before, and we'll keep fighting. We've got each other's backs. Our community is strong and we will survive this as long as we celebrate and lean on each other.
Don't make eachother more scared than we need to be - avoid the misinformation. Remember, this is not law. This is statutory guidance. Even if it passes, it is a document which may be used in court if a business is brought into a lawsuit over their gender policies in their single sex spaces. This guidance passing does not make it illegal to use the bathroom. It does not even make it illegal for a business to have trans inclusive bathrooms etc. It advises on whether that business should be considered to be illegally non-complying with the equality act in the event of a case.
It says many scary things and it will no doubt scare businesses into trying to comply anyway. It is bad and dangerous, especially when it comes to things like domestic violence shelters, but not in the ways that a lot of people have been saying. You won't need your birth certificate to use the loo.
Staying trans-inclusive as a service-provider
The UK has become much more hostile to trans people in recent years. A particularly troubling instance is that the government is passing a new Equality Act Code of Practice for service providers.
Should this become official, it will recommend businesses open to the public with single-sex spaces (like toilets or changing rooms) or single sex services (like a menâs support group) become more exclusionary towards trans people. These changes have been lobbied for by right wing newspapers and anti-trans organizations funded by / tied to American conservative movements. We believe this approach is harmful to the safety, dignity, and rights of trans people and others who may not have a conventional gender presentation.
As a service provider, you are now placed in a difficult position. This document is not intended to be formal legal advice, rather a few things we (concerned trans people and allies) ask you to keep in mind as you consider if and how to make changes to your policies.
âą The new Code of Practice recommends trans exclusion (trans women may not use the womenâs toilets). However, some service providers (including many UK universities) have decided to maintain trans-inclusion (trans women may use the womenâs toilets) anyway. Unions like the University and College Union have argued for the same approach.
âą Trans exclusion has generally been found to violate trans peopleâs rights under international law.
âą For everyday facilities like toilets and changing rooms, unisex / gender neutral options are possible â provided there are private, lockable âroomsâ. If you can offer this set up, that may be your best option for both following the code and remaining trans inclusive.
âą The code is clear that for services everyone must use (like toilets and changing rooms), trans people should not be left with no option.
âą The code does allow that someone might be asked (politely and privately) about their birth sex. But says this should be rare. We would strongly suggest this should never be done. It will increase the hostile environment towards trans people. You cannot know someoneâs birth sex for sure, so will invariably get it wrong. Your staff may not want to do this, or feel it is discriminatory. And making them do this may create other legal liabilities.
âą Be aware that there is a lot of misinformation being pushed by anti-trans groups. Be careful who you take information from.
âą If you feel you are able to offer a service that remains trans inclusive, or the facilities in your setting remain trans inclusive, please advertise that fact. For instance, displaying a trans flag, or âtrans people are welcome hereâ sign. The world is feeling very oppressive right now and solidarity helps.
This is a legal issue for service providers, but also a moral one. We suggest that you discuss this carefully internally and, where possible, take specialist legal advice.
We also ask that you keep in mind that there are real people at the heart of this. Trans people were already vulnerable and a great deal of hate has been directed towards them in recent years. Please do not make their lives harder if you can help it.
May I ask for a second of your attention?
Dear friends, it's back on the fascist table and if you have a second to spare, I'd appreciate your signature as much as all common sense human beings out there. No special register for inter* trans* and nonbinary* folks in Germany. No forced outing at every fuckin federal office for no reason.
You do NOT have to be a German citizen to sign it. Every signature is appreciated. Sharing welcome too.
Much love.
Sai
Click here to sign.
Can't believe everyone's convinced Seth is as bad or worse than Solaria when the shadiest thing he ever did was turn down a fancy dinner.
So many "I was born too late" takes are actually "I was born poor" like I'm sure you WOULD have loved whatever historical quirk you're talking about, but sadly you would not have been allowed to do that. You would have died in a coal mine aged 13.
Being afab will not protect you from dying young in a coal mine. They put wee lassies down there all the time and sometimes they died, just as the boys did. Your understanding of historical gender roles is filtered through the gender roles of the mid 20th century. Yes you would also have faced other gender based violence on top of this probably, but that doesn't make you exempt from death via coal mine.
Also thank you to every single person of colour in the notes pointing out how white the take I'm critiquing is. You are 100% right.
THE CHAFF PROJECT
Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!
How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.
Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
In practice: the goal is to make it DIFFICULT to identify trans people to target with bathroom bans, and to create many FALSE POSITIVES for businesses.
Basically, you might get accused of being trans and kicked out, because of the badge. You say: I wear the badge because trans rights matter.
You follow up with a letter to the business saying you're fucking furious because some nosy dipshit just tried to play fucking genital police with you in the loos. You know lots of trans people (don't name any, if you do) and you wear the pin in support and you're disgusted at them for allowing this.
Blame the business for allowing the behaviour.
Businesses see that their cis customers are getting bothered over a badge and may clarify trans-inclusive policies, so they can kick out the bathroom botherers instead of nice cis allies.
You only need to buy and wear the badge, and you are protecting trans people. You can be genuinely heroic. Even one cis person doing this helps, and everyone you get to join in helps even more.
Non-affiliated badge link:
https://rainbowandco.uk/collections/trans-pride/products/transgender-pride-flag-badge
Show your pride with our 25mm transgender pride flag pin badge. Perfect for wearing on your favourite denim jacket, back pack, or lanyard to
needle/pin sharpener.
no really, squeeze it. Does it feel like itâs got sand in it? isâs sharpening sand. Stab the tip of your needle into it back and forth and itâll help put a sharp edge back on a pin or needle thatâs been blunted by use, or has a little bit of rust on it. It canât fix anything worse then a little of either, and wonât work on something REALLY blunted, but its a lifesaver.
also it is a pepper
It's not a pepper and it's not for sharpening!!
It may seem like it should be a pepper, since that would go better with the flavour of a tomato (and the mass produced modern ones are admittedly more pepper shaped), but it is and has always been a strawberry. Here are some antique emery strawberries, which are much more strawberry shaped, and some of them have seeds.
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(Home Needlework Magazine, 1899)
And it's for cleaning needles, not sharpening them. I can't imagine how jamming a blunt needle point around in a bunch of loose grit could possibly sharpen it in any significant way, and all the historical sources I've seen only talk about cleaning.
"Every sewer's work basket or work box should contain an emery bag, as shown in Fig. 2, through which to push a needle when it becomes rough, squeaks, or sticks in the material. An emery bag is usually shaped like a strawberry and consists of a rough denim bag filled with emery powder, which is a very hard material used for polishing metals. Such a bag may be purchased for 5 or 10 cents in any store that sells sewing materials. Needles often become rusted from the perspiration of the hands or from being left in damp places. The beginner may use a small emery bag to remove rust; or, a small piece of emery paper may be used instead."
-Woman's Institute Reference Library, 1916.
"Use an emery whenever your needle does not slip through the cloth easily."
-The Improvement of Educational Administration in Massachusetts, 1916.
"An emery bag is inexpensive and is useful to keep needles polished and smooth. If the hands perspire and it is difficult to push the needle through the cloth, running the needle through the emery will relieve the condition."
-Boys' and Girls' Clothing Club, 1915.
"It was very hot to sit and sew. The needle would get sticky in spite of all the little emery strawberry could give it, and Beth's fingers had never felt so clumsy and uncomfortable."
-The Unitarian Register, 1908.
"She polished her needles to nothing, pushing them in and out of the emery strawberry, but they always squeaked."
-Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1910.
This patent from 1873 mentions an emery slab for sharpening pins, which is quite different from a cushion, and which sounds like it actually would work for sharpening.
"C is a slab of emery or other sharp and fine grit, for sharpening needles or pins"
Then later down the page it also says
"E is an emery cushion, secured in the body of the holder A, and is used for polishing needles and keeping them smooth."
So. Strawberry for cleaning. Not pepper for sharpening.
Gentle reminder - modern sewing tools are made from treated or plated metal, or stainless steel. In terms of human civilisation, this is a wild advance of technology. Needles are some of our oldest tools; rust was formerly ubiquitous, and attacked every form of everyday metal. A rusty needle tears fabric, or worse, stains it. The luxury and technology of rustproof needles and pins - forgotten in a few generations of human memory - and yet it is remembered in the strawberry. Memory is stored in the strawberry!
memory is stored in the emery
It's really funny that redditors convinced themselves that the stupid Tiananmen Square copypasta is going to get chinese people forcefully disconnected from their internet service or something while the UK government will get your ass if you complete the sentence "Soldier F is ___" and has actively worked with google and with social media websites to censor posts or search results about Soldier F
Like 90% of the shit people make up about China is actually true for the UK
A man charged with the murders of two men and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in 1973 will not stand trial. Who is 'Soldier F' and w
Deputy Peadar TĂłibĂn, leader of AontĂș, referred to Soldier F by his real name, David James Cleary, in  DĂĄil Ăireann, the Irish parliament, y
In case the links ever go down, Soldier F is David James Cleary, a British paratrooper.
He murdered two Northern Irish people in Derry, in occupied Northern Ireland, who were demanding their civil rights on what was later called Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972. He wounded five more. In total 13 Northern irish unarmed protesters demanding equal rights were murdered by British paratroopers that day, with one additional person dying later on from their wounds.
will you guys cancel me if i say that queer tragedy has a place in the creative arts and shouldnât immediately be dismissed as bury your gays
adding @glorious-spoon 's astute tags:
#bury your gays and women in refrigerators and the black guy dies first are all about treating marginalized people like props#to further the story of the (white straight male) protagonist#that's not the same thing as a tragedy! some stories are tragedies! whose story has weight and meaning - that's the question
Iâm sorry, but the logic that a rapist âwonât stopâ because youâve warned other people about their behavior so itâs meaningless to warn other people is so stupid. I think potential victims actually have a right to know about predators in their community. Lack of accountability is not an argument against warnings, itâs actually an argument for them.
âWarning people about rapists in their community is pointlessâ = âThe missing stair is never gonna get fixed, so you shouldnât even warn people itâs there. Just let them fall down the stairs and die.â
This is probably a little too much nuance, but whenever I see a "all borders are violence" post (a political position I generally agree with!) I always add a little asterisk that says "*but the border checks that keep you from bringing homegrown produce into big agricultural areas to avoid the transmission of parasites and invasive species are actually fine and if we were more vigilant about that kind of thing maybe we wouldn't have spotted lanternflies in the states."
That doesn't work as well as a slogan, though
Things borders should be for:
Biosecurity
Customs management (you do not want people importing a bunch of stuff that doesn't meet your country's safety standards, for example)
Things like that one lake in Europe where three national borders coincide and they built an island specifically so you can run between countries for fun
Things borders shouldn't be for:
Policing who can and can't come into a country
âWhere are the trans men in history?â See. When you're born a gender that was forcefully married off, who had to live most of their life indoors, when you had to raise children, and had a lobotomy if your family thought you were a tad too odd, it's kinda hard to come out as a trans man now ain't it.
forever my lineage would use his wrong pronouns but not me
[Image ID: Tumblr tags reading: I have an ancestor who 'pretended to be a man' for years, according to my relatives he did so in order to go to school to become a doctor, and he was eventually found out and wed off to a man and had a family, and forever would be revered for being able to get a degree 'posing as a man', but apparently even after marriage he still dressed in men's clothes and preferred to be seen as a man, forever my lineage would use his wrong pronouns but not me, I see him and I hope he smiles upon me knowing I am living a life he would have dreamed just getting to be a trans man, without being forcefully wed off and forced to have children for the sin of being born with a vagina, such is history with trans mascs, I once saw someone online say:, 'if history has a gaping hole where a minority should be, it's not because they did not exist/did not contribute, it's because they were erased', and I think about that a lot when I see stories like my ancestors knowing that our history has constantly been defiled, just like this /End ID]