“It should be safe to be me, but it is not,” said Steph Richards, a 70-year-old trans woman, at a protest by trans people and allies outside Downing Street on Wednesday.
Richards, founder of the transgender news site Steph’s Place, was one of more than a dozen speakers who addressed the crowd protesting against ongoing attacks on the LGBTQ+ community by the UK government. These attacks include its refusal to protect trans people in the proposed ban on conversion practices, its failure to reform gender recognition and trans healthcare, and the rise of hate and intolerance perpetuated by government officials and mainstream media.
“This Conservative government is indeed an all-round failure, toxic and frankly inhumane,” Steph said.
