Right now, we’re it.”She believes if trans rights are eroded, then gay and lesbian rights will be next, and eventually women’s rights. “It’s the same appalling stuff that was said about gay men back in the day – that we’re all paedophiles and perverts. Nor, the community believes, should every trans person be made to feel criminal because trans offenders exist. The gay community was once treated like that, Willoughby notes – with all gay men smeared if one gay man offended. There are people debating our right to exist in the media yet not one trans person is there to stand up for us.

Source: The Herald January 29, 2023 05:25 UTC