‘If it was lesbians being targeted, the trans community would have fought for us’
Manchester City footballer kerstin_casparij has her sights set on supporting the queer community, after becoming a new patron of the LGBT Foundation.
Dutch star Casparij made her trans allyship clear earlier this year when she kissed a transgender-rights coloured wristband after scoring her team’s first goal against Everton in April.
She tells PinkNews that in the days leading up to the game, she had thought about how she could support the trans community, following the UK Supreme Court ruling that the 2010 Equality Act’s definition of a woman was based on biological sex.
After previously speaking out in support of trans rights on social media, she noticed a “mass unfollowing” which inspired her “to make a more-active gesture”.
“All I cared about was showing my trans siblings that I saw them, I cared for them, that I was there for them and that wherever I am, I will make sure that there is a safe spa...
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