Out lesbian baroness, Elizabeth Jean Barker, recently gave a speech to the UK House of Lords where she spoke in support of the new maternity bill, which is under fire from anti-trans politicians due to its use of gender netural language.
Barker said the rhetoric used by anti-trans groups is not based on facts: “The classic campaign identifies a minority group, preferably one about which the majority population knows little, ascribes to them characteristics and motivations which make them a threat, repeats those assertions, preferably with the backing of a neutral body of experts, over and over until they become received wisdom.” She continued: “It’s what happened to migrant communities in the UK in the 1970s, and in the 1980s it was.