#in other news I'm 76 days into my duolingo streak learning danish

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There's a UK gov petition going around that's asking the government to ensure schools don't out trans/questioning kids to their parents and like, while obviously that shouldn't happen, I have no faith that the petition will actually make things better?

Like last time a petition like that (the one to ask the government to legally recognise non-binary people) gathered enough traction to be debated in parliament they used it as an opportunity to shit all over trans women, spread general lies and misinformation about puberty blockers and kids' (both cis and trans) medical rights, and generally drag the trans community through the mud over things completely unrelated to the legal recognition of non-binary people.

No progress was made on the actual topic, non-binary people are still not legally recognised, and the trans community got dragged through the mud for no gain.

"Debated in parliament" doesn't mean "seriously considered by people acting in good faith", it means "tossed around by transphobic assholes using it as an excuse to air their displeasure at having to think about us at all"

#in other news I'm 76 days into my duolingo streak learning danish #because emigrating to denmark is looking like an ever more appealing thing to do