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If you're able to make it to the State Library on the 31st, please come and show your support. There are a lot of awful things happening to trans people and it's time we demand protection, the right to gender affirming care and an end to pink washing.

The 31st is the trans day of visibility, but we are now very visible and without protection that visibility is violence. We are done asking to be seen, we now demand to be safe.

(Mods pls remove if not allowed, I checked the guidelines and couldn't find anything disallowing it)

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[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We're trying to get protection from discrimination and vilification while securing everyone's right to gender affirming care. The Queensland government recently suspended it for minors and a federal review into gender affirming care was announced, in other countries this has lead to an increase in violence and scrutiny of people who just want to live peacefully.

If you've decided anarchy is deranged then I can't convince you of why any of those points are important, but I will say that it's simply that we recognise that our struggles are all bound up together, the intersectional approach is the only right one.