Thread by @ErinInTheMorn

Imagine you're a kid in the UK and transitioned at 5. You're stealth, a "regular girl" in school, on blockers. Nobody knows.

You're 14. The govt just took your blockers away.

All your friends are about to see you go through a male puberty.

We can't forgive the UK govt for this

This is governmental violence against trans people.

This is a direct assault on all of our liberties, even us who live out of the United Kingdom.

This is a war against us that will kill the most vulnerable and youngest and innocent among us.

Blood is on the hands of TERFs.

In case this tweet blows up. PLEASE donate to the Mermaids UK, a trans rights org for kids in the United Kingdom.

And please, please, please fight this wherever you see it. This isn't an ideological fight. There will be dead children because of this.

mermaidsuk.org.uk/donate/

So many of our trans bodies bear the scars of repression by our parents and our government. Features marred by a puberty we didn't want. Literal scars from the hate we've received.

That the UK is passing those scars to the next generation of trans people is unconscionable.

Since this is getting a lot of attention, additional note:

5 year olds "transition" is basically a different hair cut, clothing, and pronouns.

By the time the kid reaches 12/13, it's usually clear - this kid has been a boy/girl for a while, blockers can be started.