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"Spring" K.Korovin (1917)

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.

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:

(also tim is in the suit redesign i did...)

aghhhh i love them the silly boys

i feel exhausted

and yet like i’m still running

faster and faster

faster than the speed of light

like if I keep running everything will be fine

like if I keep running you’ll be here

running so fast the pain can’t catch me

there’s an aching in my chest

and i’m sick to my stomach

everything’s crackling

it hurts, it all hurts

but I don’t wanna tell you

that I miss you when you’re still here

that I miss you when you’re gone

or the pain in my chest

this kenopsia of us settles in my bones

funny, considering we were already far apart

even just a year ago

different schools, different home lives, different worlds

but still

I don’t wanna tell you

cause you might not feel the same

so I’ll just keep running

till this crackling kills me

or till my running

takes me back to you