This is the number one reason why I will not vote Labour, starmer is an evil fucking cunt for his attitude and treatment towards the transgender community, all to win a few votes from divvy daily mail reading reform voters. I will not vote labour until the hateful mistreatment of transgender people is reversed.
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That's crazy. I mean being trans is illegal in Bulgaria.
Western Europe
Do you know how hard you need to work to get below Croatia on a chart about social development
Is Croatia considered Western Europe? I always considered it Eastern.
It's Balkan, so my interpretation is: SE Europe
but first of all its still Balkan country
which makes that fact even sadder
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I was reffering originally to:
placing it below Estonia, Switzerland and Croatia
The UK is going backwards on social issues really fast at the moment as the far right has grown. Its going to get much worse after the next election if support for parties stays broadly similar to what it is now.
Yet my best friend who is trans wants to fucking move here! I keep saying it's a terrible idea and I want to leave, but noooooo...
Its probably fine if they stay in the London bubble. Lots of events and socialising opportunities.
That would mean being able to get a job that pays enough to be able to live in London.
London is where almost all the jobs that pay enough to be able to live in London are.
I didn't think they meant "in your vehicle."
Probably not a good idea to move to terf island.
Ah, that's why we're called TERF island.
Could someone educate me, is the LGBTI+ for 'intersex'? A typo? Because 'Queer' is an old, and I suppose current, slur?
Yes, I is intersex.
There are a few variants that add or replace various letters; sometimes it’s a personal preference, sometimes it’s an age thing, sometimes it’s a deliberate exclusion.
The generally accepted ‘catch-all’ is LGBTQIA+, but ultimately it comes down to the individual. One person can never speak for such a broad community.
Whether you consider queer a slur or not is also a personal matter. Anecdotally, I see a lot of people happy to use it to self-identify, but it does have a hurtful history that others can’t separate it from.
I personally greatly prefer queer. It seems to have gained a lot of traction in the past decade or so and it's much more succinct than continually adding letters and thus syllables.
The exact chosen letters in the article are likely from the name of the organization mentioned, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, which started as ILGA and added letters later.