Itβll be 18yrs tomorrow since getting seriously injured in Afghanistan as a young Royal Marines Commando.
Happy to fight for my country where me and my parents were born, raised.
No regrets. Iβm British.
However, fast forward 18yrs and you have people trying to make others believe I should have no say in this country because my skin is dark.
Some of these voices are actually trying to get into a position of power.
Iβll never be made, or make my kids believe we ainβt good enough. π«‘
For 16 years until 2014 Julie Hesmondhalgh played a trans woman called Hayley Cropper on Coronation Street. Nobody screamed. Nobody rioted. There was no national meltdown. People just watched the show and got on with their lives.
During those same years Helen Joyce worked at The Economist and Maya Forstater was a tax advisor and JK Rowling just wrote books.
Oh and Nadia won Big Brother!
So what changed.
Not trans people.
The only thing that changed was the hate campaign.