Solidarity
Solidarity is a principle we live by, not a buzzword.
People who have the misfortune of being called into an employment tribunal are presented, to as great an extent as lawyers can muster, as unreliable or untrustworthy narrators of their own experience. We do not hold the people we support to impossible standards and do not expect them to respond perfectly to difficult situations. There is a difference between having your private life made public and choosing to become a public figure.
We will not add injustice to indignity by putting the people we support on a pedestal. Persist instead aims to treat them like the people they are - offering peaceful solidarity without an expectation of public engagement or performative gratitude. They are our family and we take care of them because they deserve care, not as a transaction.
The visibility of the support we all show is vital to communicate to our government, and the world at large, how many people within the British Isles stand with the trans community. We will not stand on the sidelines and watch people's rights and ability to live comfortably as themselves be dismantled.
We will not let bad actors attempt to silence us and lie saying we don’t love our trans siblings. We do - and our long standing history of working class solidarity demonstrates that we can achieve more together than alone.
