This week:
We talk to Coffee Spoonie (they/she, @coffeespoonie) and Shash (she/her, @itsShash1) about being trans, disabled, under lockdown, and how suddenly institutions are doing #AccessibilityForAbleds which they wouldn’t do for disabled folks before Covid-19! (Hashtag by Kate McWilliams @kateandcrps)
And Liz Truss says that a project tackling transphobic bullying “isn’t government policy.” Excellent!
References
- TAKE ACTION LIZ TRUSS IS SAYING STRANGE THINGS ABOUT TRANS PEOPLE
Find your MP’s contact details and email them
Write a paper letter with a stamp and everything
Call them on the phone
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/
Here are some letter templates. PERSONALISE THEM DON’T JUST SEND THEM AS IS!
http://thekitetrust.org.uk/write-to-your-mp/
Write a NICE, POLITE, personal letter to Liz Truss telling her about your life and why you are concerned about her language on trans issues!
Liz Truss
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Email her!
elizabeth.truss.mp@parliament.uk
Email the Government Equalities Office!
geo.correspondence@geo.gov.uk
Call her!
0207 219 7151
Her tweet to Maya Forstater - Disabled, trans and lockdown
Follow our guests!
Coffee Spoonie
https://www.patreon.com/coffeespoonie
https://medium.com/@coffeespoonie
Shash
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/people/shashs-story
https://gal-dem.com/what-happened-when-seven-trans-people-of-colour-were-given-space-to-chat-shit/
Check out #AccesibilityForAbleds
