"I'd say it was cowardice. For a Labour government to be so scared to have a line on this just shows the spinelessness of our leadership. Labour has taken numerous anti-trans actions since rising to power, including delaying a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban and restricting life-saving puberty blockers for trans youngsters."
"Some of the things that are said about trans people are literally lifted from what was said about gay men back in the 80s. Those messages have been used against queer people throughout history. The performer compared Starmer's Labour to the Thatcher government of the 1980s, which was notoriously anti-LGBTQ+."
Pop icon Olly Alexander has condemned the UK Labour government's approach to transgender rights as cowardly and spineless. He highlights the government's delays on trans-inclusive conversion therapy bans and restrictions on puberty blockers for transgender youth. Alexander is organizing Transmission Live, a benefit concert featuring 24+ artists at London's OVO Arena on March 11, raising funds for Not A Phase and Good Law Project to combat rising transphobia. The concert responds to the UK Supreme Court's FWS v Scottish Ministers ruling, which defined woman as biological sex only, potentially enabling a blanket ban on trans people using public facilities. Alexander draws parallels between current anti-trans rhetoric and homophobic messaging from the 1980s Thatcher era.
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