belfast pride. #standbyyourtrans

hastag all over twitter today.

Belfast Pride website has cited police figures that showed a 24% increase in the number of transphobic hate crimes in Northern Ireland.
Another co-chair of the event, John O'Doherty, said the Belfast Pride festival was "unapologetically trans inclusive".
"For over 50 years the international pride movement has fought to increase visibility, awareness, and support for LGBTQIA+ people while challenging hatred and intolerance in all its guises," he said.
"Across the UK media and wider social media, we have seen an exponential increase in transphobia as well as homophobia, biphobia and sexism directed towards trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and those who support them.
"The moral panic being expressed by those who oppose the rights and inclusion of trans, non-binary and gender diverse people and the presentation of LGBTQIA+ as dangerous, is nothing more than recycled homophobia from the past."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-66313139

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so much of the same murdoch inspired hate in ireland these days. rly made me smile to see all the great tweets.