This. And what really devastates and angers me about Labour in Britain is that they have thrown trans people under the bus for the sake of a wafer-thin electoral advantage. Ask any canvasser - it barely ever comes up on the doorstep. This allyship and humanity would have cost them so little.
Can't stop thinking about the buckling of centrist parties under the pressure of the anti-trans crucible. Not because they believe differently now but because they can't handle pressure. They cosplayed allyship for years, and it never occurred to them that they might have to actually do something.
It came up when they knocked on my door. I told them it was why I wasn't going to vote for them this time. Sadly, that message doesn't seem to have been passed on.
I have to hope they've been instructed to avoid any culture war wedge issue that the media will jump on and policy in govt will be very different. Won't be holding my breath though
The logic, I think, is they perceive that folks who are most likely to care about trans rights are all concentrated in seats where they're going to win big anyway. They want to target marginals, where culture war stuff supposedly holds more sway.
But I expect human rights to be a non-negotiable.
