Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy - ThreadSky

katymontgomerie.com • 4 days ago

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd

The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary

The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

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rembetis.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's deliberate of Fake Labour. They are followers of Trump. That's why they took the most anti-Trans position on the Supreme Court ruling. They are doing Trumpian things in other areas too, such as the racist anti-immigration measures.

blippitybleep.bsky.social•4 days ago

I can't believe I had more rights ten years ago.

j3zz-g.bsky.social•4 days ago

But when Hungary does something anti-queer, the British press goes like:

cindymichels.bsky.social•4 days ago

Filter on Gender Recognition... trans people are in the 40s!!!

voxwoman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, don’t count the US out just yet.

solidarity5ever.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's wild that Ireland is so much friendlier to LGBTQ people despite the massive pressure the UK has on them since they're right next to each other.

susanangela.bsky.social•4 days ago

If you single out trans rights the UK is now deep red, not far above the former Soviet Union countries.

lisafajita.bsky.social•4 days ago

Even worse in the text. One of only five with imposible legal frameworks for gender recognition.

UK, Russia, Belarus, Hungary and Georgia.

susanangela.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's incredible how far and how quickly we've fallen. No wonder people don't believe us when we try to explain how bad things have become.

peterjfullagar.co.uk•4 days ago

It's absolutely disgusting.

jacopobertolotti.com•4 days ago

Sad but not surprised to see Italy fare this badly 😢

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

I intend to contact my Labour MP yet again and ask him to explain what he's going to do to fix this. I don't expect it'll do much on its own, but I urge you all to do the same so they find it a lot harder to ignore.

waslottie.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm sending my third letter since the SC judgement to my MP today. One of those useless wankers who declares himself an "ally", full of that empty "dignity & respect" bullshit but nothing beyond bland platitudes.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

This will be my 6th I think. And since he isn't responding to most of them I'll be sending individual follow ups to the others later today too which will bring me at least to 10. And I've requested a meeting twice. I intend to be a thorn in his side.

fortunafae.bsky.social•4 days ago

UK Hungrary and Russia

What a proud legacy for Starmer

alecjburrett.bsky.social•4 days ago

On the subject of this, the HoC need to block the Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] Clause 28 and Clause 140 changes. The perverts are trying to bring back NC21.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0238/240238.pdf

edrabek.bsky.social•4 days ago

Have you seen the map for legal gender recognition? I don't think we want to be in the same company as Hungary.

pocketwraith.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh no, don't worry, it won't be their *entire* legacy, I'm sure they'll find plenty of other terrible things to pad it out.

zilladevil.bsky.social•4 days ago

Starmer "I am very disappointed by this statistic and pledge that my government will work tirelessly to improve - we aim to be in the bottom 5 by the end of this Parliament"

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

If they implement the EHRC interim guidelines we'll be bottom 3 I imagine.

chaosoverlordz.bsky.social•4 days ago

I shudder to conceive how low the USA would be if it was on this list.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

It would be better than the UK because at a federal level (and in many states) it's much better legally speaking. UK citizens can't move to a different part of the country and get better recognition. Some states are absolutely worse, but you don't need a visa to move to a better one.

marissarowan.bsky.social•3 days ago

It'd be all over the place by individual state even with Trump around due to States Rights. Some of the worst states like Florida and Texas would approach on UK levels of bad however.

harlanquinzel.bsky.social•3 days ago

This coincides with the timeline of a certain British author's rebrand

ihileath.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh they’re trying to change their legacy alright, they want to get a faster drop than Hungary somehow

dizzy.omelette.gay•4 days ago

It used to be between us and Malta every year at the top, consistent for years and years, we've fallen so hard 😭

theohopkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

Is this entirely due to the issues around the 'T'?

transsalamander.bsky.social•4 days ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but an especially exhausting aspect of this is I don't think Hungary's left wing (such as it is? Could it be said it even has one?) would argue they're actually a paragon of queer rights.

So the UK is comparably bad while telling everyone they're awesome.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

Labour hasn't been left wing the entire 22 years I've lived in the UK. 🤷‍♀️

transsalamander.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh for sure, but just like with Democrats they're the closest thing to left wing.

And they certainly love to talk about how much they support queer rights, which is something you'd expect from a left wing party (even if you'd ALSO expect actions in addition to those words)

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

Green exist. They're way more of a left party. Labour absolutely does pretend to be left wing though, that's certainly true.

transsalamander.bsky.social•4 days ago

Is the Green party calling out this rollback of queer rights? That's awesome if so but the impression I got is that basically no one is calling attention to this outside of the queer people it directly affects.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes. They have some issues around the leadership, but the official party position is expressly pro trans and some of them are actively calling it out rather than pretend it isn't happening.

limnipoli.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh yeah, Hungary have passed literal anti LGBT laws (sorry, "protecting children" laws), where as Labour are pissed off they are now banned from Pride.

dave19.bsky.social•3 days ago

'the government needs to act in a major way' - but surely you can't really be hoping that Starmer's Labour - the pro-apartheid bullies - will be wanting to fight for LGBT rights - what he calls "strangers'" rights? Bullies like scapegoats, & they love victim-blaming.

christine-m.bsky.social•4 days ago

It pays to dig a bit deeper into the category evaluations, where the UK may suddenly turn up as deep red.

It‘s up to the government. But also for the civil society: Is this who we want to be? Does it have to get worse before it gets better?

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

Website isn't working for me ATM

christine-m.bsky.social•4 days ago

Somehow a good sign … lots of traffic.

squick.me.uk•4 days ago

If you can't get there, this is what it looks like

squick.me.uk•4 days ago

Also, really important to note that this data represents the compliance of the UK *before* the Supreme Court put the UK back in the position where they were in breach of trans people's human rights by causing them to have inconsistent recognition of sex between different laws.

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

I think they specifically say they included the supreme court ruling

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's going to get worse if and when Labour act on the interim guidance.

squick.me.uk•4 days ago

Hmm... it's not stated in the Legal Gender Recognition criteria section for UK. It's mostly about the Section 35 debacle over Scottish self-ID, and the requirement for photo ID for voting.

janefae.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also Georgia.

But, otherwise correct.

charlesquelch.bsky.social•4 days ago

If this was done on the basis of LGB rights, the UK would still be at the top of the list. Trans rights directly conflict with LGB rights.

hellemadsen.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ten years ago you were a member of the EU

o-0.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm in the U.S. but recently saw your vid on how all those medical professionals addressed the 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 invalid U.K. Supreme Court decision in such an official way.

I just felt like, second-hand affirmation that yes - indeed we 𝐚𝐫𝐞 in existence.

No one here dares to speak up much really for us🫠🥲

sjlee4wish.bsky.social•4 days ago

It will always bother me that the countries that are a a part of the UK all have different levels in regards to LGBT rights (as well as most everything) buy Westminster is such a shit show it drags everyone else down with it.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm not sure there are many laws that affect this that are actually devolved. We saw Scotland be overruled when trying to reform the GRA for example.

sjlee4wish.bsky.social•4 days ago

Technically the laws are devolved its just that Westminster can overturn them if they disagree, even though the law wouldn't affect all of the UK. It's how same sex marriage was made legal across each country at different times.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

That's devolved in name only. It's a fig leaf, not reality.

sjlee4wish.bsky.social•4 days ago

Kind'a makes my point though, while countries in the UK attempt to protect and improve LGBT rights (even succeeded in the past) they're stymied by Westminster. Even outside of LGBT rights, things like environmental protections and health care are dragged down by WM despite being higher elsewhere.

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sure, but it means nowhere in the UK is realistically safer from Westminster.

idimi05.bsky.social•4 days ago

when you go from top tier to balkan tier, you KNOW you’re fucked.

we need a revolution NOW.

jaketilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

With Labour ‘in charge’ and Reform lurking around that sounds sounds about right - hideous

krbit.bsky.social•3 days ago

America says, "hold my beer."

f-o-r-t-i-t-e-r.bsky.social•4 days ago

Website struggling.

What I want to get to is the evolution score for trans rights to get a sense of a country's trajectory, worsening or improving. To see where others might be like the UK, once were good now in decline.

Important if looking to jump ship as the next target for the GCs is the EU.

trashgirldawny.bsky.social•4 days ago

I like to think greece went out of their way to calculate the exact blend of pro-queer and anti-queer legislation, to achieve a rating of 69%

y'know, for the bit

trashgirldawny.bsky.social•4 days ago

"how's our rating?"

"strong! 75%!"

"too strong.. okay what if we had a law that says all queers have to get kicked in the junk once every 6 years?"

"that'd take us to 63%"

"every 8 years?"

"still 63%"

"okay how about they have to get their nipples twisted?"

"uh that actually takes us to 99%"

trashgirldawny.bsky.social•4 days ago

totally left this under the wrong comment at first

oopsie

trashgirldawny.bsky.social•4 days ago

the uk is now literally worse for trans recognition than china

getting legal recognition as your gender in china is hard: you have to spend 5 years living as your gender, undergo some amount of gender affirming surgery, and be unmarried

but it is POSSIBLE

jeana-mm.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cant see it on the map tho Manx is still in top 10

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

jeana-mm.bsky.social•4 days ago

Really am thinking of seeing to move over to Manx with the way UK is right now

finl3y.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm writing to my MP. AGAIN.

I've never written to an MP as much as I have the last few weeks. Get writing folks!

vala.bsky.social•4 days ago

I had written to my MP 3 times total until this year. I'll be at least at 10 since the SC decision once I finish the ones I'm doing today/tomorrow. Once you get started it's a lot easier. 😂

astra-nomad.bsky.social•4 days ago

They were Hungary for more bigotry

jimmy350.bsky.social•4 days ago

Why is the right so afraid of these people? We have the same thing going on in the US. Historically, people who are extremely homophobic usually turn out to have gay tendencies they're afraid of. I wonder if its the same with trans-phobia. Something to think about....

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

No they don't. It happens sometimes but 99% of homophobes are straight

aliqqae.tgirl.gay•4 days ago

I already think it's their legacy. 2016 -> 2026 govs were transphobic af, and will go for others

chester66red.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is already their legacy and unless Keir, Wes and the equality minister are removed from labour plus others it isn’t likely to change either, labour did nothing about Rosie being biphobic and transphobic plus bullying lesbians

pauline1944.bsky.social•3 days ago

I well remember Streeting saying she was owed an apology. Then she used Labour to get elected and secure her generous pay, and pissed off like the user coward she is. If Tories hadn’t been tanking she’d have crossed the floor I suspect.

chester66red.bsky.social•3 days ago

Id forgotten he was ok with the transphobe and biphobe, I remember it now you’ve reminded me

clarab26.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don’t think any of the political parties are interested in changing direction on this, they will just keep saying treat us with dignity & respect. Only way now is protests, writing to MPs & through European courts, we need to keep this up for as long as it takes. We have to fight for us now🩷🏳️‍⚧️

translocateuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think it’s too late for that now. The horse has bolted.

ultrahylia.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think this is something we can say to our MPs now that we have it. We can demonstrate the scale of the fall and how poor our ranking is against Western Europe. Depends on the MP how much they care, but if enough people say it, it might create more pressure or at least give cause for thought.

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

Absolutely!

chester66red.bsky.social•4 days ago

My mp has already sided with the transphobic judgement and shown he’s anti-LGBTQ+, he’s also racist and xenophobic too as his bluesky shows

katymontgomerie.com•4 days ago

Still worth writing

chester66red.bsky.social•4 days ago

Already got a second email asking him about anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and racism which I sent before keirs recent speech which my mp would defend as ok it seems, I’m gonna keep going till I get some actual answers too, his last reply was vile though, after the Tory he didn’t have to do much to be better

scribbleposts.uk•4 days ago

I think we need to start putting pressure on our MPs now because for too long now they’ve been allowed to ignore their constituents, letters, emails etc and that needs to change.

chester66red.bsky.social•4 days ago

and he’s already fell below such low non-existent expectations

melarune.bsky.social•4 days ago

My MP never replies and hides in London where his constituents can't catch him, but I'm nagging the shit out of him anyway. If nothing else, I'm told all correspondence has to be stored as a matter of record so I'm keen to ensure that record will reflect an absolute avalanche of pushback

philippaeast.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep!
https://bsky.app/profile/philippaeast.bsky.social/post/3lp4qm2656s2c

samantha42.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is already going to be their legacy

cax93.bsky.social•4 days ago

It won't so have to keep pushing it and supporting trans people as best as we can

mathscienceedgirl.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m sure the US is in a close tie

alizaadi.bsky.social•4 days ago

Like when LGBTIQA+ organisation boycotted the Tories 'SafeToBeMe' conference and as a result the government were embarrassed into cancelling it, organisations now needs to take the same position with the Labour Government

Boycott any future work with this government until further notice

angryprof39.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/tosichan.bsky.social/post/3lp7gv4nfks27

napalmnacey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well done Spain!

napalmnacey.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also LOL Greece, keeping the flame alive after thousands of years!

Dang Belgium! Here’s your crown!

(Okay okay I’m done. BOO ITALY! No really I’m done now).

melarune.bsky.social•4 days ago

Lol, are you training for Eurovision reactions or something?

emeal.bsky.social•4 days ago

Don't worry lads, I know this didn't work the last 300times, but I'm confident THIS time is ours!
Optional: replace last word with immigrant, they really do this all the hecking time.

jacquit14.bsky.social•4 days ago

Disgusting.

shadowcat-mdk.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think they want this to be their legacy. Take a look at this weeks stance on immigrants. So, the disabled, the elderly, immigrants, unemployed and minority groups have all been targets. All they need now is a pandemic so they can party while we are all in quarantine.

paneraiwearer.bsky.social•4 days ago

If we had a pandemic now, Labour wouldn't be partying while we were in quarantine.

Labour would be partying on our graves.

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