Over the last few days we have taken time to reflect on last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court in Scotland, and we want to be clear to anyone who comes to one of our nights or supports us in any way: PPP is an organisation based on inclusion. And we always will be. We know trans people, we have trans friends, and we support trans rights. Ever since we first set up as a collective, we have tried to ensure that our events are safe spaces for everyone, that they are places where a wide range of voices can be heard. We will continue to do so, and that means our events will remain – as they always have been – trans-friendly, and trans-inclusive.
It would be naive not to recognise the right-wing pressure which seeks to roll back the progressive gains made over the past fifty years, and the role it plays in caricaturing trans people as a threat. The smears now are a carbon copy of the anti-gay ones used at the time of Section 28, and are just as contemptible. History tells us that an attack on one minority is only the precursor to attacks on others, and we recognise how vitally important it is for people to stand together and oppose it. It’s 2025. Saying there should be room for all of us to live as we please should not be a radical take. But here we are. Let’s all do what we can to look out for each other and make the world a little better than it might otherwise be.
Thank you.
