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I am a representative of BASH BACK, a trans led direct action group devoted to tackling the rising tide of transphobia in the UK. As I write this, actionists are conducting our first action at Wes Streeting’s office in Ilford North.

Wes Streeting, as you well know, is responsible for a heinous ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, as well as a swathe of other restrictions on transgender people’s healthcare rights.

He is also, according to at least one legal professional, personally responsible for covering up reports of the deaths of trans young people under the care of NHS England. Every day, trans people are dying as a result of his policies and his inaction.

As trans people, we refuse to take this lying down any longer. We have chosen to take action to demonstrate that we will not be victimised or scapegoated by Streeting and his ilk any longer. We will not allow more of our loved ones to be to be harrassed, to be legislated, to be excluded, to be denied healthcare, to be murdered. We are trans and we BASH BACK.

https://www.transbashback.com/

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New trans activism group Trans Bash Back have smashed windows at Wes Streeting's campaign office (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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They wrote in an email to What The Trans:
To whom it may concern,

I am a representative of BASH BACK, a trans led direct action group devoted to tackling the rising tide of transphobia in the UK. As I write this, actionists are conducting our first action at Wes Streeting's office in Ilford North.

Wes Streeting, as you well know, is responsible for a heinous ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, as well as a swathe of other restrictions on transgender people's healthcare rights.

He is also, according to at least one legal professional, personally responsible for covering up reports of the deaths of trans young people under the care of NHS England. Every day, trans people are dying as a result of his policies and his inaction.

As trans people, we refuse to take this lying down any longer. We have chosen to take action to demonstrate that we will not be victimised or scapegoated by Streeting and his ilk any longer. We will not allow more of our loved ones to be to be harrassed, to be legislated, to be excluded, to be denied healthcare, to be murdered. We are trans and we BASH BACK.

https://www.transbashback.com/

So many labels in c/autism@lemmy.world

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

Is there evidence that trauma causes left-handedness? I'd always heard that this was due to people no longer being punished for being left-handed, making it a good comparison for people fearmongering about rising rates of recorded transness or autism.

That would also imply that the trauma of ww1+2 are continuing to make people born in the 90s and 2000s left handed

So many labels in c/autism@lemmy.world

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 3 days ago (18 children)