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Transphobia is about to be signed into law in the UK. We can fight this.
I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.
Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand be
The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.
Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.
A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:
Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.
Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.
Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns
Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.
I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.
It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:
Worried about what to say?
Bring your personal worries about transphobia being signed into law, and trans friends being excluded from public spaces. You are a living person who deserves dignity. Remind your MP of that. You will also get guidance and brochures from Trans Solidarity Alliance that outlines our demands. This is mine from last year.
Money issues?
Trans Solidarity Alliance provides a travel bursary that you can sign up for via the link.
Got a refusal or no response from your MP?
Come anyway! You can request a same-day appointment with your MP through a process called greencarding. They will come and see you if they’re already in Parliament. Even if they don’t, they’re made acutely aware of your cause because you showed up in person. This is my greencard from last year.
Here is the EHRC Code of Practice in full. It's a tough read, but some highlights are:
Organisations can’t provide trans-inclusive, single-sex services, or they risk being sued for discrimination.
e.g. domestic violence support for women including trans women, men’s rugby group including trans men (12.68).
Trans people will have nowhere safe to pee.
If you’re a trans man, businesses can't allow you to pee in the men's, and you can also be ejected from women’s bathrooms if you’re perceived as a man. Vice versa for trans women. EHRC suggests a ‘third space’ bathroom, which is discriminatory and unworkable for most businesses. (13.130-133)
Sports organisations must exclude trans people from single-sex competitions (13.73).
A women’s only sports competition must exclude trans women because of their biological advantage or face potential lawsuits (13.74), but a trans man who has undergone testosterone treatment can also be excluded based on fairness rules (13.81).
Trans women are stripped of the legal definition of ‘lesbian’, and therefore no longer have legal protections if they’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. (2.50, 2.92).
Here is the Good Law Project's better explanation of the EHRC Code.
I have also made a PDF printout of QR codes for the government petition, email your MP tool, and mass lobby link to pass around your communities. DM me and I'll send it to you.
The King of the Dead, who has been an undead dramatic bitch for centuries: Right, good plan, but how about, instead of just rushing out and murdering them all immediately... you three go out, and they think 'oh there's only three of them' then you say something badass and then we come swarming out across the water and kill them all.
Aragorn, who loves smoking a pipe dramatically in dark corners: Yes, we can definitely do that.
Thinking abt steven and the gems makes me so fucking emotional sometimes just bc of the fact that humans are mortal. They grow up. Steven is going to get old and likely die of old age just like any other human (in my hc he could Potentially live to like 150 but his body kinda auto-adjusts to a normal human lifespan because he Wants that, although he might live a bit longer to see his great grandkids grow up more or something idk. Depends.) and the gems Won’t do that. Thinking abt snow day makes me feel PHYSICALLY ill bc like, obviously its normal for parents to kinda baby their kids even when they get older, but also the gems have an even harder time recognizing this and how humans grow up and their interests and minds change, and like, Humans change So Much in their teenage years, the difference between him at 12 and him at 16 is so drastic he’s a completely different guy and its only been 4 years!!!!
And I do think the gems adapt to a slower life once steven is born but like, theyre still thousands of years old, even if it felt longer in the moment, looking back, 4 years would feel like. a few minutes to them probably. Every parent says kids grow up too fast every parent kind of babies their adult kids a little but can you imagine being thousands of years old, not fully understanding human growth yet, and it LITERALLY feels like its only been a few days at best when you look back. That dread of steven’s ever fleeting mortality must be such a heavy weight on them to have to bear. I’m sure he thinks about it too. wonders what they’re going to do when he’s gone. Worries if they’ll be able to handle it or if they’ll fall apart like with rose. Fears losing them too and having to leave them behind like that.
And at the same time it’s so. Oddly bittersweet to me?? Steven is going to grow old and die because he’s mortal, but like, the gems are going to live on to see his entire legacy. They spent so long with nothing changing, everything always staying the same, the main 3 and bismuth with one leader who (in their eyes) never changed, peridot with her monotonous work, lapis trapped in a mirror— and now they’re surrounded by humans who grow up faster than they can even comprehend. Steven’s grandkids, great grandkids, so on and so on— every generation of steven’s family is going to grow up with the gems, they’re going to be there the entire time, but they’re never going to be stagnant again. They’ll always be changing and even hundreds of years later they’ll still be telling all the stories of the past that they can hold onto forever, as long as they’re there their legacy will never be lost. Etc etc. Sorry. I’m really normal about this.
I know we all know that toph loves to cuss, but I just realized
She had an extremely sheltered upbringing, then when she snuck out to fight, she went to the Earth Kingdom version of WWE, which, if it’s like real world WWE, is family entertainment, and she never spent time backstage, she came she fought she left
I don’t think Sokka or Katara would know swears either; they grew up in a village consisting of them, Gram Gram, and a bunch of little kids and their moms
I don’t know if the airbenders taught aang swears or not but I know he’s not really the type to swear anyway
Zuko, on the other hand, spent about 3 years of his life as a young angry teenager surrounded by sailors
There is a motion going through UK parliament now (5th June 2026) to disapprove the EHRC Code of Practice. If passed, the Code of Practise will limit trans rights and legal protections, and give institutions greater power to segregate us.
This tool lets you find your MP and send them an email just by putting in your postcode and details.
Asking your MP to join this and support us gives us a chance at walking this back.
It takes less than 5 minutes. The email is pre-written, but you can add you own experiences and concerns.
Made a zine to distribute with info and a link/QR code to the tool. It is aimed primarily at people who aren't trans or trans allies (including latent transphobes).
Please feel free to print this off & distribute it in your area.
It can be printed on A4 paper, or you can access versions that have 2 smaller copies to an A4 page here. (smaller copies saves paper, makes them easier to pocket. my distribution technique is finding tactical places in public to leave them; public transport, on tables in cafes, near other leaflets. you can hand them out directly at Prides etc if you feel confident with that).
Do test prints and folds before you print a ton of them. You can print it black and white, the red just pops if you've got the ink for it.
The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.
The magic of childhood is that you were constantly encountering new things. The best way to feel that way again is to fill your life with new experiences.
