'As someone who campaigns for trans people, I am concerned about real issues that have a real impact on individual lives.'
It might come as a surprise to many, however, trans people like me do not spend every waking hour obsessing about what a high-profile author believes when it comes to the rights we should possess., where she worried about the ‘huge explosion in young women wishing to transition’ because they identify as male.
It bothers me that the UK is increasingly considered to be failing trans people wholesale – whether we are talking discrimination in the workplace, hate crime or just waiting times for basic trans healthcare.The UK is doing worse on LGBT+ rights than even five years back – and it’s not just me saying that. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association say so.
I guess if Boris Johnson can claim to be a friend to the climate, and host COP26, he can make similar claims for the LGBTQ community – despite his Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, admitting she had ‘fundamental disagreements’ between her and Government’s LGBT panel members before it was disbanded earlier this year.
Except the real issue with Larkin was not obscenity, but the fact that it came to light – after his death – that he appears to have been a seriously obnoxious racist and misogynist, to boot.I don’t like racism, sexism or any other form of hate. But should we abandon an author’s entire oeuvre, which remains every bit as quality, simply because we found out what they believed?
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