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Level 2: We shouldn't treat mental health facilities as objects of horror because it stigmatises mental illness.

To date, Australia has been one of the few western nations not to suffer the indignancy of legislation designed to make life for trans people a living hell. In the US, and in the UK, the introduction of laws that have cracked down on the right of existence of trans people, restricted our ability to use public facilities, and made us liable to discrimination and brutality on a scale that has not been seen for eighty years.

This week, in the Australian senate, a private member’s bill was introduced by a member of the Nationals Party. This bill aims to introduce a binary definition of sex, and to exclude transgender Australians from using bathrooms that align with their gender, from competing in gendered sports, and open us up to harassment by excluding us from the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act.

This act has been met so far with a resounding lack of effective defence by our elected officials who would otherwise support us. Labour and our progressive independent parties have been floundering and refusing to take action while right wing fascists like Senator Mikalea Cash have been able to walk right over them by spouting familiar rhetoric like “define a woman” and “biological males are not woman”.

It is vital that we fight back, and that transphobia is not allowed a new footing in yet another nation.

If you see this post in your dashboard, I ask that you help spread the word by reblogging, by liking, and by engaging. I also ask that you sign the following petition by Equality Australia, and encourage other people in your social circle to do so.