For as long as the human species has existed, so have trans people. They make up only a small fraction of the population – and yet the discourse around themhas become increasingly hostile, vastly overshadowing the small number of individuals at its centre.
Why, in the past few years, have the rights of this extremely marginalised group become something everyone feels they need to have an opinion about?Under the Equality Act, trans people have been using bathrooms, changing rooms and public services that fit their gender for many years.