HAPPY ACE WEEK!!! from Alice, tori, aled, and me. 💜🤍🖤
(Plus Isaac, Georgia, Sunil and angel because I FORGOT THEM!? So disappointed in myself tbh)
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look this really isn't the kind of post i'd normally make but why the fuck aren't we talking about trans rights in the uk. this is just the latest thing they've thrown at us. it's absolute shit here to be blunt.
on the 19th the uk department of education (DfE) released its guidance for schools and colleges and how they deal with trans kids
its bad. really fucking bad.
but there is some hope in that they are asking for feedback from teachers and school leaders, myself and a friend wrote a document going through why the guidelines are so awful but stopped after focusing on four points since it was. half midnight on the same day this guidance was released. we then gave this to as many teachers as we could before the holiday break and believe me it did a lot, we're working on completing a full version soon
so, uk students, i am begging you to do similar and try persuade your teachers to give feedback (if its safe for you to do so), you'd be surprised how supportive they can be if you break down what this guidance will bring
teacher feedback can be given here, the deadline is the 12th of march 2024
i'm going to go through some of the worst parts of this guidance, keep in mind that according to the education secretary gillian keegan, "this guidance puts the best interests of all children first" utter bullshit obviously
to start off throughout this whole thing they never use the word trans/transgender, just "gender questioning" which feels so fucked up to me
ok so to be blunt essentially what this is going to do is to out any trans kids who want to socially transition to their parents, as well as the fact a school can just. fucking decline any request to socially transition.
"The… guidance clarifies that schools and colleges do not have to, and should not, accept all requests for social transition."
"We are also clear how vital it is that parents are informed and involved in the decisions that impact their children’s lives."
"Parents’ views must also be at the heart of all decisions made about their children – and nowhere is that more important than with decisions that can have significant effects on a child’s life for years to come.”
oh yeah they also connote the whole "trans kids can just get permanent altering medical treatment" bs
on top of that we have this shit
"In exceptional cases where a request to social transition is agreed, children, teachers or staff at a school should not be required to adopt the use of preferred pronouns and there must be no sanction, verbal or otherwise."
so even if you're fucking allowed to socially transition people can straight up misgender you with no fucking consequences. they are legitimately making it so transphobia cant be punished
there is so much more fucked up stuff in this thing as well but you can read that yourself
they are going to kill trans kids if this goes through. they fucking know that. i have the privilege of being out to my parents and them being tolerant but so many closeted trans kids, friends of mine included, wouldn't be able to safely come out even in school. and i know personally how shitty your mental health can get in that situation.
the intent of this guidance is simply put, not in the interest of ‘protecting children’, but in the further marginalisation of an already extremely vulnerable group. they're trying to wipe us out.
uk students, please inform your teachers of what this guidance will do and get them to oppose it in feedback. others just try and spread the word
protect trans kids and fuck the tories.
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If I’m not mistaken, Tori is going to finally come out as asexual in the next chapter of Heartstopper releasing October 21, the day before Ace Week begins. I will be unbearable when this happens.
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HAPPY ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK
(let's all be aware of Me and every other Asexual)
here's some of my favourite asexual characters!
Tori Spring (asexual) - Heartstopper (comic series, TV show)
Isaac Henderson (ace aro) - Heartstopper (TV show)
Yelena Belova (ace aro) - MCU
Georgia Warr (ace aro) - Loveless by Alice Oseman (book)
Aziraphale (asexual) - Good Omens (TV show, book)
Crowley (asexual) - Good Omens (TV show, book)
Entrapta (ace aro) - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (TV show)
Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano (asexual) - Percy Jackson (book series)
Sherlock Holmes (asexual) - BBC Sherlock (TV Show)
Hope everyone has a great week!
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