York Trans Action Group

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HOME OFFICE INCREASES ATTACKS ON TRANS PEOPLE • TRANS PEOPLE ARE FORCIBLY DISPLACED, DUE TO LAWS ESTABLISHED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE ONGOING BRITISH COLONIAL PROJECT • THIS PROJECT IS CONTINUED THROUGH NGOS THAT ARE SET UP TO UNDERMINE LOCAL ORGANISING, & CUTS TO REPARATIONS & AID. INCLUDING GLOBAL HIV AID • RECENT EXPANSIONS TO THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT POLICIES WILL FORCE TRANS MIGRANTS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES WITH GENDER RECOGNITION DOCUMENTS ON ENTRY TO THE UK - WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN IN COUNTRIES WHERE BEING TRANS IS ILLEGAL • TRANS MIGRANTS REQUIRED TO PRESENT THEMSELVES AT IMMIGRATION OFFICES EVERY 2.5 YEARS OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS "SAFE" TO RETURN TO, AS DEFINED BY A COUNTRY WHERE TRANS PEOPLE ARE ALREADY UNSAFE • NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF ECHR INCLUDE DEPORTING MIGRANTS BASED ON A REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE LGBT + IDENTITIES AS PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS OUR STRUGGLES ARE INTERTWINED WHAT CAN YOU DO? • CALL OUT RACISM & TRANSPHOBIA IN YOURSELF. YOUR FRIENDS, AND YOUR FAMILIES • LEARN MORE ABOUT ASYLUM REFORMS [QR Code] • CONTACT YOUR MP TO PRESSURE THE HOME OFFICE • JOIN YOUR LOCAL ANTI-RAIDS GROUP [QR Code]
Let Women Play Sports Making competitive sports fair [QR Code] [A cartoon of trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard] How sex testing impacts women (And why the Olympics banned it decades ago) [QR Code] [A cartoon of Black cisgender and intersex runner Caster Semenya] How you can support the women being targeted: - learn the facts - challenge prejudice - add your voice to calls for equality - educate others! [QR code] [A cartoon of white cisgender swimmer Rebecca Adlington]
SAVE TRANS HEALTH CARE [QR CODE] TransActual's GP guide for supporting Trans patients sources: [2 QR codes] Scan here to read about wait times Scan here to read the Healthwatch Report for York GPs Gender Identity Clinics have years long wait lists - the worst wait for someone referred now is 224 Years before a first appointment, let alone any care York GPs are increasingly refusing "shared care" for trans people (where they prescribe meds and monitor the patient's progress, following instructions from specialists, as they do with many other conditions like diabetes, arthritis, or ADHD). Local trans and nonbinary people have been refused routine blood tests and medication even if they have a diagnosis. In some cases people have been told their existing prescriptions will be stopped, stripping them of care they've already received for years How To Help: Offer to attend appointments with your Trans friends so their doctor knows there is accountability Join your GP surgery's patient feedback group and speak up for Trans healthcare Contact Wes Streeting directly and pressure him to improve nationwide care: dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk
WHY ARE WE PROTESTING? In April 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled that gendered terms such as "man", "woman" and "sex" used in the Equality Act refer to binarist and undefined ideas of "biological sex". This legally states that trans+ people are not the gender they identify as, enabling anti- trans ideologues to exclude trans people from spaces which align with their gender. It has also spurred the anti trans lobby to launch greater attacks on trans rights. Examples Include: • Rushed "legal guidance" from the EHRC which violated the human rights act and was branded unworkable by over 650 businesses • Legal threats from so called "feminist" anti- trans lobbyists causing women's organisations such as Girl Guides to ban transgender members or face shutting down • Legal challenges to the presence of trans women in women's spaces which have been defeated in court; proving that the ruling which was supposed to bring "clarity" is nonsense • Increased attacks on trans healthcare: anti- trans campaigners have called for medical trials for under- 18 trans healthcare to be stopped, despite initially claiming that "evidence based treatment" was what they wanted • All lifesaving medical transition for under 18s has been stopped. The NHS is currently reviewing the provision of medical transition for 18-25s. At 18-25 you can join the army and sign up to die - but not decide what treatment is best for you ST HELEN'S SQUARE, APRIL 11th 1PM Instagram: transactiongroup
On a green background, with two trans flags, the text reads: ST HELEN'S SQUARE SATURDAY 11TH APRIL 1PM JOIN YORK TRANS ACTION GROUP TO PROTEST FOR TRANS RIGHTS A year ago the Supreme Court removed protections for trans people in the Equality Act, enabling anti-trans campaigners to attempt to expel them from spaces and services they desperately need One year on, after a series of failed legal challenges designed to force trans people out of public life, we stand defiant against what has been termed a cultural genocide We are still fighting against injustice one year on. We aren't going anywhere STAND WITH US