I founded #TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp in the summer of 2023, pre-empting the harm that would inevitably come with the government’s ‘gender questioning guidance’ released December 2023. Since then, my campaign has reached six million people online and been spotted in various prides and protests across the country.
Organisations like trans youth charity Mermaids have also been taking action in response to this trans exclusionary guidance. Mermaids launched their #SupportiveSchools campaign to highlight the real harm the guidance will - and is already - having.
In fact on 30 January Mermaids, alongside Stonewall, Liberty, Amnesty International and a broader coalition of charities, human rights organisations and educators launched their statement calling on the government to withdraw their guidance, and actually listen to trans young people.
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