Being a trans woman happily married to a cis woman living in the USA I feel like I am living the timeline of a character in V for Vendetta. I watched this movie innumerable in my youth, and it’s always held a special place in my heart as I’ve aged and watched it every year on the 5th of November. Now that I’m coming up on my 3rd year watching it as a Woman and living a life with joy I didn’t know imaginable, I can’t help but reflect on the plot. But every time I do I have an immense out of body influence that I am the wife of the women jailed next to V who was rounded up and taken away first… I have no intention of allowing that to be my fate and if it is my fate I’m oddly at peace with it cause I am finally living and seeing life in full color and at peace with my existence, but I had to get it off my chest, hope you are ok fellow human. :3
Bristol is probably the LGBTQ capital of the UK though so not necessarily the best marker. Especially after that ruling by the Scottish courts that trans women aren’t women.
The UK is a little behind on our rise to fascism compared to the US but it seems like we’re trying hard to catch up. We’re mostly focused on imagrents at the minute from the looks of the national press (which I largely avoid for my sanity).
I’m glad at least some places here are still somewhat sensible and kind to each other.
It’s funny because there are so many LGBTQ people but also so many Muslims and it’s basically a party city, not unsafe and with a good, friendly vibe. Like, I’m quite literally a Muslim immigrant recently married and I have two super chill, stoner trans coworkers who cook some mean food. The city is cool in my recent and incomplete opinion… rent is a bitch, though. 🤣
Scotland is usually good with trans rights. Thats why JK hates Nicola sturgeon.
It was the Uk supreme that overuled the scottish courts.