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penwing (they/them)

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Alex, #Queer, #SFF fan from NW UK. I am likely to discuss queer stuff, #politics (#UK, #equality, #HumanRights), #BoardGames, #RPGs, #Theatre, #Dance, #Gigs and SFF books and TV. I will use Content Warnings to hide things (including spoilers)

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penwing (they/them)

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2 weeks ago • •

penwing (they/them)
2 weeks ago • •

UKPol Scottish Elections

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Yay! Go Q!

Note also difference between "identifies as transgender" and "I am a transgender Tamil immigrant" language

Go Q!

A transgender candidate who secured one of three seats for the Scottish Green Party on the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list said their victory in the election was “what diversity looks like”.

Dr Q Manivannan, the first person who identifies as transgender elected to Holyrood, and party colleagues Kate Nevens and Kayleigh Ferguson Kinross-O’Neill were among the seven candidates to secure seats on the list, along with Angela Ross from Reform UK, Irshad Ahmed and Katherine Sangster from the Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Conservative Miles Briggs.

“My name is Dr Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them,” Dr Manivannan said as they addressed a crowd of cheering party supporters after the results were announced in Edinburgh.

“I am to some in this country everything that the hateful despise and I am standing here as your MSP now with care. They say politics is the art of the possible, a politics of care I would say expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in.”

They added: “This is what diversity looks like in power.”

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