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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks

Campaigners lament ‘completely off’ UK election discussion of trans issues

Campaigners hold signs including 'Sunak sucks' and 'save trans lives' at a demonstration in support of trans rights
Polling by More in Common last week found ‘the debate about transgender people’ was the top issue the public felt politicians were talking too much about. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Politics is unavoidable for the transgender and non-binary young adults Oscar Hoyle works with, he says. Many of them will be voting for the first time on Thursday. “They’re forced to engage from a young age because they’re scared about their future.”

Hoyle runs Blossom, a nationwide support service for LGBTQ+ members of gen Z, whose experiences and challenges have been described as “political footballs” in the run-up to the UK election.

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