We’re living through a revolution in the way society thinks about sex and gender. We are the future. We are the children of the revolution. Are you with us?
Are we really liberated if we don’t even feel safe to walk down the street? As a trans woman, I can tell you that Britain feels increasingly hostile. Hate crimes are rising and while that can partly be explained by people feeling more willing to report such incidents, it’s not the whole story. This year, the UK dropped down the European ranks for LGBTQ+ equality, moving to 14th place – down from 10th last year.
It’s a global problem, though. “Brazil is the country with the highest rate of transgender murders in the world. A lot of people outside Brazil imagine like, ‘Oh, it’s Brazil… It’s so diverse,’ but there is still a lot of prejudice,” says Valentina Sampaio, who made waves as the first trans model to appear onSports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue in 2020. She is every bit as beautiful in real life as her photos. I ask her what superpower she’d like to have: “To plant the seed of love, acceptance and hope in people.” Nonbinary creative Sheerah Ravindren says they would like to have the power of manipulation. “If I can manipulate these politicians who change these oppressive laws that affect marginalised communities, that would be a cool power.
A few years ago, I tweeted my fears that the British government might try to force trans women to use men’s toilets. People told me I was being hysterical. Earlier this year, I woke up to the following headline: “Trans women can be banned from single-sex changing rooms and toilets, watchdog finds”. That watchdog is the so-called Equality and Human Rights Commission, a public body that, in theory, is supposed to uphold human rights.
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