Fuel joy

[cosmolinguist]

The only thing I am going to say about the draft EHRC guidance that has been laid before Parliament today is what I got in the email from Not A Phase this evening.

FUEL JOY. FUND RESISTANCE.

A final draft of the EHRC’s Code of Practice has been laid before Parliament by the Women & Equalities Minister. While the update is undeniably regressive for the UK’s trans+ community, please keep in mind:

* The Code is important, but it does not change the law.

* There is no criminal law prohibiting trans+ people from gendered spaces such as bathrooms.

* There are no laws allowing harassment in bathrooms.

* Gender reassignment is still considered to be a protected characteristic, meaning trans+ people are legally protected from harm in all settings.

* Venues are not obligated to become gender police, nor are they legally required to have gendered spaces (such as gendered bathrooms). Going fully gender neutral is an option.

Then a link to their full statement, and to donate, and I know a good marketing campaign when I see it but it really is true that these donations fund joy. What I call transgym here all the time is in fact a Not A Phase program, so from this I get all the mental and physical benefits of exercise, community, confidence to work out safely on my own without hurting myself or perishing from social anxiety, and a better relationship to my body. It's no exaggeration to say it's one of the few things that's made the biggest positive difference to my life in the last few years.

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Donated.

[otter]

That is a great program. I'm glad you have access to it.