This weekend, around 25,000 people took to the streets of London to demand equal rights for trans people in the UK. The Trans+ Pride 2023 event – which is the fifth of its kind to take place in the capital – saw marchers rally through Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly, before eventually culminating in Hyde Park Corner. Speakers included performance artist Travis Alabanza, actress Yasmin Finney and model Munroe Bergdorf, with the latter reminding the gathered crowds that the event was, primarily, a protest – a day about both “love and rage”. Most of her (and everyone’s) anger was targeted at the Tories, whose polarizing (and often needlessly cruel) policies have led to an increase in transphobic harassment. Bergdorf said, “We are in a particularly sinister moment in history, [Where trans rights are] are being weaponized by the media and government in a senseless culture war that benefits no one but the ruling class”. In the UK, London Trans Pride followed the news earlier in the week that the trans charity Mermaids had had its case to appeal the LGB Alliance getting charitable status dismissed. It also came after news that the UK ranks as one of the least supportive countries for trans people as well as puberty blockers being denied to trans youth and sporting organizations placing bans on trans participation. #Trans Rights