stonewall have done a great job of making responding to the consultation easy and it’s a quick process to go through the form on their website.
i am going to copy/paste directly from innesmck on twitter who put it as succinctly as possible:
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right now the process for gender recognition:
is exensive
requires medical transition
excludes many many trans people
can be blocked entirely if you’re married
requires providing evidence so a panel of cis judges can decide whether you’re transitioned enough
we need a gender recognition process which is:
free
straightforward
dignified
believes trans people
requires no medical documents
includes trans young people
includes non-binary genders)
if you want to be a good ally, this is one way to help. add your voice. don’t delay; do it immediately. tell other people and make sure they do it immediately too.
If you are 18+ and LGBT, GET OUT AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH. TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE IN DANGER.
The Trump Administration is planning to change the legal definition of sex to- “male or female, unchangeable, Unless by genetic testing.” Aka, trans people would be completely erased. They would have no rights towards discrimination, changing their gender, or even presenting as trans in general. If you aren’t planning to vote or you’re on the fence, PLEASE, for the love of god, get out and vote. We have to protect our community.
I’m not political on this blog. But guess what? this isn’t only politics.
This is my life.
This is some of your lives!
VOTE
If you are over 18 VOTE.
If you are against voting and don’t care if this gets passed UNFOLLOW ME.
VOTE
Excerpt from the article: “For the last year, the Department of Health and Human Services has privately argued that the term “sex” was never meant to include gender identity or even homosexuality, and that the lack of clarity allowed the Obama administration to wrongfully extend civil rights protections to people who should not have them.”
Make no mistake, this isn’t some minor legal clarification. The people behind this are outright arguing that they want to take civil rights away from trans people because they feel they shouldn’t have them.
If you are 18+ and LGBT, GET OUT AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH. TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ARE IN DANGER.
The Trump Administration is planning to change the legal definition of sex to- “male or female, unchangeable, Unless by genetic testing.” Aka, trans people would be completely erased. They would have no rights towards discrimination, changing their gender, or even presenting as trans in general. If you aren’t planning to vote or you’re on the fence, PLEASE, for the love of god, get out and vote. We have to protect our community.
I’m not political on this blog. But guess what? this isn’t only politics.
This is my life.
This is some of your lives!
VOTE
If you are over 18 VOTE.
If you are against voting and don’t care if this gets passed UNFOLLOW ME.
VOTE
Excerpt from the article: “For the last year, the Department of Health and Human Services has privately argued that the term “sex” was never meant to include gender identity or even homosexuality, and that the lack of clarity allowed the Obama administration to wrongfully extend civil rights protections to people who should not have them.”
Make no mistake, this isn’t some minor legal clarification. The people behind this are outright arguing that they want to take civil rights away from trans people because they feel they shouldn’t have them.
so recently i’ve had a few antis come onto my various posts and do multiple rude things, including making unneccessary comments, calling me sexist among other names, and trying to twist my words.
this is rude as fuck, guys.
if someone posts something about a character that you disagree with, or starts discourse that you don’t like, and you are unable to present your arguments in a calm and polite way, please either block the tag/user or just ignore it and don’t comment at all.
we’ve all become to focused on fighting over every little thing.
personally, i would gladly trade blows with anyone who disagrees with my opinion on my favorite characters or says negative things about them, but i won’t, because they are free to have the opinion they want and enjoy their own content.
tl;dr: don’t be dicks. don’t start fights. stay off of other people’s posts.
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