Anti-Trans Rhetoric Out of Touch with Public

Stonewall have launched a new petition urging MPs to stop using transphobia as a smokescreen to distract public attention to the very real issues affecting society, such as the cost of living crisis, global warming and food poverty.  They say “Our press and politicians are stoking fear against trans people in a transparent attempt to distract us from the actual problems that we all worry about”.  At the same time, Stonewall note that the general public are not interested in anti-transgender hysteria from the far right wing newspapers.  They say “The reason is simple. The general public doesn’t want to see policies that attack their friends, family and neighbours. And with one in four people in the UK personally knowing a trans person, this shows just how out of touch with the public mood some journalists and politicians truly are.”  To support Stonewall’s campaign, visit www.stonewall.org.uk