CN Transphobia (described)
Imagine you’re at home with mum and dad.
The place you feel unsafe, unrecognised.
Of “I will beat it out of you, my lad!”
Of “All this gender nonsense is just lies!”
Imagine that your youth groups, that your friends
Who always made you feel so validated,
Are out of reach, and now you must pretend
To be what you are not, or else be hated.
Now picture this: in this unnerving time,
The government are talking about laws
To make the help you’re longing for a crime.
You had one hope; they want to slam the doors.
Who is the danger to society?
Trans kids, or those who force them not to be?
(for reference: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/why-were-worried-about-government%E2%80%99s-statement-trans-rights-legislation)
Tom Juniper Poetry 