17/03/2024
Sky Harrison writing in the left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker says that whilst no one in the LGBTQIA+ communities will be surprised that the Prime Minister has refused to apologise for his anti-transgender jibe in Parliament, the Labour opposition offer "little hope" for trans young people. Sky argues "With murdered teenager Brianna Ghey’s mother present, Sunak made an insensitive jibe at Starmer for his U-turn on trans rights. There is no surprise that Sunak is refusing to apologise. Brianna’s father described Sunak’s remark as “degrading” and “dehumanising”. But Starmer offers very little hope for LGBT+ people, especially transgender people. He is currently putting on a sympathetic face after the murder of a trans child. Yet Starmer continues to play into the transphobic argument that trans rights and women’s rights are incompatible" Sky concludes "Sunak is guilty of building the conditions for the murder of Brianna and every trans person who has killed themselves this year. However Starmer is looking to take Sunak’s title of the head of the Ministry for Social Murder."
https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/sunaks-transphobic-joke-and-starme...
