‘Trans people are loved – we need to show young people this is the case’
“Trans young people are struggling now, and need to hear that you accept them,” says Amy Ashenden, Interim CEO of Just Like Us.
Despite the increasingly hateful discourse online, the numerous examples of MPs being aggressively grilled on their definitions of gender, the eye-rolling we’ve just seen at trans people’s struggles, and the headlines splashed across papers vilifying trans people’s existence, trans people are loved.
Transphobia today is not something to be ignored or downplayed – it is serious, growing and leads to real-world violence against trans people, as well as significantly impacting their wellbeing. However, we also sometimes need to turn the volume down on these hateful voices in order to make sure the unfortunately quieter majority can be heard, loud and clear.
