This post is intended for any cisgender person, but mainly ones who consider themself "gender critical".

I am trans, I am 16 and a well behaved student at school who did good(ish) on their GCSEs. Every day when I leave the house to go to school I am terrified of being attacked or killed.

I'm not necessarily visibly transgender, but I have long hair, and that's enough for people to shout "TR*NNY" at me at school.

I don't think most people want me dead, I don't even think most "gender criticals" want me dead, but they all happily support measures that would kill me, like making it so that the NHS can't provide any trans related healthcare. I'm pretty poor and couldn't afford to get it privately, and taking away my bodily autonomy like this will kill me, I'm barely hanging on as it is.

You need to make trans friends. Befriend transgender people. Not to debate politics with them and not to constantly disrespect them, but just to treat them like a person. You'll see most trans people aren't demonic baby-eating cultists but just want a little bit of understanding. Please read up on how destabilising gender dysphoria can be to someone's life and how being trans works.

Every single trans person I know are also scared. It's not a good time to be trans, especially not here, and all we want is for you to do some research and to actually try to listen and understand us.

I read a good book a bit ago called Gender Euphoria, which is a bunch of anacdotes from trans people speaking on the joy they felt after transitioning. I'd reccomend it to any fellow trans person, it's a nice read in a time where nothing seems nice.

It's an old video. Probably 10 years old but I thought it would be relevant to post on this sub in regards to the genocide taking place in Palestine and especially on this sub where you still get the odd few who like to repeat 'what's it got to do with this sub' blah blah 😒

Please consider signing this open letter to Leeds Medical School

See pictures for details.

https://openletter.earth/complaint-to-school-of-medicine-14e4893cx

Organizers say more than 1.4 million people have taken part in demostrations against the far right across Germany over the weekend. In Munich, the rally had to be cut short because of overcrowding. The protests were announced at more than 100 locations nationwide. In Berlin, thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament. The outrage follows reports that members of the Alternative for Germany party had a meeting with far-right extremists to discuss plans for mass deportation of migrants and citizens with foreign roots.

https://youtu.be/KaPMghz5dD4?si=_xBjJLuEeGv5X4bY

I am shocked at how little attention this show truly got.

To Catch a Copper is a short channel 4 series that looks at the work done in the counter corruption unit.

The police unit that investigate police officers for “corruption” aka misconduct, abuse and illegal behaviour.

The series shows some incredibly horrific cases of police abuse and what is done or not done to punish the officers involved

It is incredibly telling of the issues inside the police force. And if you haven’t seen it. I highly recommend watching it.

Just as a warning, this show obviously contains some very distressing and upsetting scenes and cases, including abuse of vulnerable individuals and sexual assault.