Life Goes On

 I hope you are all feeling well, the recent Supreme Court ruling here in the UK and the subsequent interim guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was not good news for Trans people here. The EHRC is now in the process of a consultation on the changes to the guidance which in due course will have to be approved by Parliament unless it is rubber stamped by the Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson. The consultation itself is controversial in that the EHRC originally only planned for a two week consultation period but under pressure extended that to six weeks which is still half the normal 12 week period. It would seem the government is determined to push these changes through.  Sadly the incumbent ruling party (Labour) who supported Trans people prior to last years election, when they needed our votes, now seems to have thrown us under the bus.

I can't emphasize how serious this is for the Trans population, not only here but in other countries as well, after all if our rights and freedom is removed here then other countries will be encouraged to do the same. As I said in my last post, we need to fight this, because if we don't this is just the tip of a very big wedge that will put us back decades. 

But what can we do? Many of us are not prepared to put our heads over the parapet for various reasons and I fully respect that. But even if you are in the closet you can write to your MP, you don't have to give your name and address, but a post code would probably be useful, I have added a link, below to the Trans Lucent website which has advice on writing to your MP. You might be thinking 'but one letter would make very little difference', well you would be wrong, every single letter does make a difference, the more we send, the more people that get involved the bigger the chance we have of making our voice heard. You could sign a petition, Change.org has one running at the moment. If you are able to get out and about, if you feel safe do so, it is a great thing to do because that is one of the best ways we can promote ourselves just by being out there and showing we are just normal people going about our business like everyone else....

I have been out and about recently and will share my story in the next post......

Be safe and try to help fight this if you can as I fear it will not stop here......

Links:

TransLucent: https://translucent.org.uk/a-guide-to-how-to-write-a-letter-to-parliament/

Change.org  https://chng.it/XNwL2hFZ98







Comments

  1. Lynn Jones10 June 2025 at 07:53

    Please do write to your MP and request a discussion with them. Do you have to come out? Not if you don't want to. It's fine to contact them and explain how this shortsighted ruling affects your friends and/or family who are trans/gender nonconforming.

    While the backbenchers may not be directly involved in policy, it is their job to represent constituents.

    There's also the Good Law Project who are working to challenge the awful ruling as well.

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    1. Life by Andrea Raven10 June 2025 at 22:05

      Thank you Lynn, I don't think I can say just how important it is to write to your MP, as you say you don't have to come out, but every letter does count. If you don't get a reply send it again and ask why a reply was not forthcoming. There are several challenges going on at the moment, but this will not be a quick fix, we need to be prepared for the long haul.....

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