Trans protection in Britain
In the UK it has been settled since 2010.
The Equality Act protects lots of people in our society from discrimination, and it’s been a legal thing for sixteen years now. As you can imagine, it was brought in by a labour government. I mean, no way would the tories introduce something that actually protected ordinary people, unless there was something in it for them and their rich mates as well. Interestingly though, they didn’t repeal it, even after a 14 year car crash in power, including the living disaster that is brexit. The act mirrors and implements he four major EU Equal Treatment Directives.
There’s also the Gender Recognition Act, 2004, also a labour achievement, which gave people the legal right to change their gender.
And let’s be clear, trans people have been around, like, for ever, so it’s not exactly a new thing. What is relatively new is that weird thing called tolerance.
Of course, it’s not there everywhere, and it’s fair to say that we’re on a journey, but hopefully we’re further forward than we were.
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