Insane to me that the UK government is slowly trying to legislate trans people out of existence and I have not seen a single person talk about it
Single sex toilets are now legally required in all new buildings, the cass review may lead to a complete shutdown of all trans healthcare, single sex wards are being introduced to HOSPITALS and claims that trans people will be treated in private rooms is almost laughable given the current bed shortages, ensuring that trans people will be forced to wait even longer for life-saving procedures. Trans teenagers are being murdered and the government does not care. We are slowly being driven out of all public spaces and all healthcare.
So the "trans people can't be in 'single sex' wards" thing has apparently been laughed at by NHS bosses who were like 'um can we focus on the wait times and not your "culture war" (I hate that phrase it diminishes the seriousness of the situation but it's what they said) against trans people please?'
I'm still wary,because there are very much people with transphobic views in the NHS and those of us who are trans or nonbinary ourselves are often scared of balancing not losing our jobs (don't come at me about principles I have a family to support too) versus standing up for ourselves and other trans people. Side rooms in hospital already exist. Usually for people who are an infection risk or who are dying. Occasionally for other reasons. But I do think even if these rules are forced in a lot of hospitals are going to end up having to scramble for special exemptions because the bed crisis continues and if you ask folks if they would rather have a) Someone actively dying (who should have privacy and dignity wherever that can reasonably be given to them) b) Someone with a highly infective illness (and no they can't always be housed on infectious diseases wards where everyone has a side room sometimes you've just got C.diff and you've had a heart attack) or c) Someone trans in the bay with you I hope most sensible people would go 'Oh yeah well actually I don't really need to know what genitals bed C has I mostly just want to get treated and go home'. But that doesn't mean there won't be a fight and it doesn't mean we should get complacent but yeah. No political party can practically force anything about hospital wards on anyone while the bed crisis continues to be as dire as it is because they are always going to need to break those rules. There are still people regularly being treated in corridors for heavens sake I genuinely don't know what they're doing.
the toilets thing isn't law yet as of 07th May 2024, it's "announced plans to make law". it's most probably the last thrashing of a government that's getting replaced pretty soon, and there's a decent chance for it to fail and sputter out rather than make it into law.
like yeah okay worry about the risk that Labour are shithead enough to continue the plans when the Tories lose the general election, worry they will eventually bring it into law, but for fucks sake, don't go claiming stuff is in law that isn't. genuinely. it is important to know what's an active legislative measure that's actively right now for real fucking people over and what's just an idea that hasn't been realised yet. it's important to know what needs fought and in what ways.
it's especially important not to cede ground the bastards haven't won yet.
