When I was younger, I used to think that "the UK is halfway between the US and Europe".
It has never felt more true than recently.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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Iβm so sick of TERF island.
I donβt believe heβs a man. If he was he might at least have some instinct to protect.
The Labour rightwing factions are just rightwing.
Honest question, why should there even be a legal definition of woman?
mainly for purposes like: who gets into women's prisons, women's bathrooms, women's domestic violence shelters
I agree with you that in a gender-equal society there shouldn't be many purposes for which this matters, but "not many" isn't "none".
So next question, why are all those gendered? If the answer is the threat of violence, what does it say about us as a society that we can't prevent it without segregating women?
How do you like your two parties, uk?
This is somewhat related:
Trump helps enflame anti-LGBTQ feeling from Hungary to Romania
Since Trump's White House return, the Accept group he works for has received dozens of reports from people who say they are facing physical or verbal violence and online threats, with some sponsors now reluctant to support the march ...
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- a "good friend" of Trump -- has gradually been rolling back LGBTQ rights in the name of "child protection" in Hungary for years ...
Vladimir Putin's Russia -- with which [Hungarian PM Viktor] Orban has warm ties -- has also been cracking down hard on gay and transgender communities ...
[Romania] as one of the last countries in the EU where same sex marriages and civil partnerships are still outlawed, and where the powerful Orthodox Church wields its influence, defending "traditional, Christian values" against a "decadent West" has appeal for voters.
In Slovakia [...] the climate has worsened since the homophobic double murder [committed by the son of a prominent member of an extreme-right party in front of a Bratislava gay bar in 2022], with Prime Minister Robert Fico back in power intensifying his anti-LGBTQ attacks, freezing funds to NGOs and halting procedures for transgender people [...] For Roman Samotny, who owns the now-shuttered Teplaren bar where the double murder took place, anti-LGBTQ propaganda has mainly taken inspiration from Russia, just like in Hungary, with Fico and Orban both close to Putin.
STFU Starmer! If you don't understand it, just accept it, have some empathy, and show respect for your fellow human beings.
USA light
After the Brexit vote came in I moved away to a lefty part Europe as fast as I could, because I'm a queer woman and I've read the history books.
Every time I've returned to visit my parents the place has seemed to be more shitty ... last year I came away feeling down just from the vibes.
I'm so sorry for the beautiful Trans people of the UK, you deserve better, you deserve to be safe. If you can, get the fuck out of that country - where I am now Greggs would be considered a hate crime, never mind this bullshit.
Where did you go if you feel safe sharing? I'm looking for a queer safe space to spend the last years of my life
Spain, specifically Catalonia. We live in a little village in the mountains, our house cost about what a down payment on a flat would have in the UK ... and people really really don't give a shit that we're both butch as all get out.
Since Brexit moving here is much more difficult though, I think you'd need to have an offer of work or a pension that's enough to live off (companies are legally required to try to hire from inside the EU where possible). Also, learning the language is very important, since there's not much tolerance for "ex-pats" with a superiority complex.
Also, learning the language is very important, since thereβs not much tolerance for βex-patsβ with a superiority complex.
In Catalunya, that might mean learning two languages, since some Catalans don't like it all that much when people speak to them in Castillian, but it's also not that wise in Spain to know only Catalan. But yeah, my experience is that people accept you for what you are, as long as you're not an entitled fool like the ones who used to clutter the Costa del Sol.
Good luck to you and I hope that your safe space remains safe.
I haven't come across anyone who has given me more than a light ribbing about not speaking Catalan (I can read it just fine).
Only something like 25% of people living in Catalunya have Catalan as their first language.
But they ARE people yeah? Fucking treat them as such!
Weird Starmer