Swansea DPAC trans solidarity statement
1st May 2025
Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) would like to express our sorrow, fury, and solidarity following the supreme court ruling of 16 April 2025, the subsequent flawed EHRC guidance, and the wave of public reaction that has followed.
An injury to one is an injury to all - and we are so very tired of being injured. We stand in solidarity with trans people everywhere, especially the trans members of Swansea DPAC.
Trans rights are a disability issue. We all experience people, who are not medical professionals, making assumptions about our bodies.
Despite divisive claims of a ‘victory’ for one side, we are clear that this is a negative result for cis women too. We reject the idea that our rights are in competition. Keir Starmer is no friend of women. No more “divide and rule”. We need a united working-class struggle against all oppression.
Swansea DPAC is campaigning against the Labour government’s brutal attacks on disabled people. But we knew from the start that disabled people would not be the only ones attacked. All these attacks are linked.
Trans rights are a trade union issue. Capitalism - from the UK to the USA - has proved incapable of protecting our rights. We cannot rely on legal institutions or the government to protect us. Collectively, we must take over this role and act to enforce our rights. We need discussion in trade unions and campaigns about how workers and service users can protect the rights and safety of all.
We need an urgent debate on political representation and the need for a new workers’ party, based on the trade unions, that pulls together all the struggles in the workplaces, the movements for trans and non-binary rights, as well as for ALL women’s rights, the rights of disabled people and carers, against racism, and for the environment.
Solidarity forever,
Swansea Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC)
Link to this page: https://bit.ly/swansea-dpac-trans-solidarity