Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, a day to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in acts of anti-trans violence.
Anti-trans hate is being pushed everyday by the media, politicians and throughout society and the Young Greens will always stand against transphobia in all its forms.
Jenny Knight, Co-chair of the Trans Young Greens , said:
“This Trans Day of Remembrance I’d like to call upon ex-Stonewall campaigner Wes Streeting to remember who threw the first brick. I call on him to join us as we celebrate the lives of those we have lost, our siblings who have died whilst waiting for healthcare, those who were taken from us by transphobic violence and the trans people that history tries to forget.
I call on the Labour Party to listen to trans voices, trans kids deserve better than a puberty blocker ban that puts their wellbeing at risk and they deserve better than be turned into a political football so that the health secretary can engage in his favourite past time of courting the far-right on GB news.
I call on the health minister to join us in remembering Marsha P. Johnson, the Stonewall riots, and the values that Streeting himself once stood for as part of Stonewall. If Streeting was to hold true to his ideals he would lift the puberty blocker ban and work to improve the waiting times for gender identity clinics. We as the queer community stand on the shoulders of giants who pioneered the way for our rights and we at the Trans Young Greens hope Mr Streeting will remember who’s shoulders he’s standing on.”
Today, we remember those who have been lost to anti-trans violence and call for an end to the scapegoating of the trans community. If we are going to achieve justice and equality, it is vitally important that we remember those that we have lost.