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.

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With Pride month coming to an end, the Young Greens want to wish everyone a happy Pride. We continue to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community and are committed to campaigning for the rights of all LGBTQ+ young people.

The Green Party strives for a fairer society where the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ members are recognised, not dismissed or used as a political football. Discrimination is still prevalent in the daily lives of many young people, such as the limited access to safe housing, education, employment, and healthcare. Furthermore, the anti trans rhetoric visible in political and media discourse is both harmful and exclusionary and seeks to erase the existence of trans and non-binary people. 

Pride, in its truest form, is the celebration and liberation of the LGBTIQA+ community. This demands real intersectional action, not empty words disguised as corporate pinkwashing. 

Green Party policy signifies this real action, including:

• Comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools.
• Updating the Gender Recognition Act to allow trans and non-binary people to get legal recognition through self determination.
• Formally recognising non-binary and intersex people on legal documents. 
• Banning conversion therapy.

Mor Stinchcombe, Young Greens LGBTQIA+ Officer, commented:

“This election, and the toxic discourse from the two big parties, have put a damper on Pride month, but still we march.”

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