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ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Visiting mother of one of the protesters, shouting up from the ground:

“Can I follow you on instagram now?”

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Everyone on the ground is bonding over how terrifying it is to see them walking back and forth on that narrow ledge. Especially when they have to edge round one of the columns

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Bit of actual rain now. It should stop soon but I hope the kids are ok

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Made it there for 4pm. Kids are collecting their stuff up on the ledge now

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

More people than ever before but not a huge crowd. Got some legal observers and at least one set of parents. No sign of police unless you count the two blokes in bad suits and a cop vibe standing on the other side of the road

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Bag full of poo being lowered to the ground to cheers and applause

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

Kids visibly blushing as the crowd chants “trans kids you are loved” :heart_trans:

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

[Speeches, chants, and so on. Will post later]

Group hug up on the ledge and some last cleanup

They’re starting to come down. Legal observers to the front - there’s a cop car across the street

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

(Black bloc quietly gathering at the back in case of trouble. But I don’t expect any)

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

All down safely.

Chants of “trans kids you are loved” :heart_trans: :heart_trans: :heart_trans:

ghost_bird OP , vor 6 Tagen

…and all away safely, moving en bloc through the nearby park.

More later but now I have to go into town to buy a birthday present for my mother

ghost_bird OP , vor 5 Tagen

(Pics and quotes from the speeches earlier to follow. I’ll post mostly unlisted so as not to flood the timeline)

ghost_bird OP , vor 5 Tagen

“HRT let me be present in my body and present at school. I started to make friends. I learned to play D&D!” (cheers and laughter from the crowd)

“People in power want us to feel helpless but we are so much stronger than they are and so much braver than they ever could be”

“This is what the TERFs and the Tories are afraid of. Testosterone gel. Smells like hand sanitiser and it dries clear”

The same protester, hoodie off, applies gel from a plastic pump bottle to their upper arm. Hand-lettered sheets of paper on the window above spell “Love and rage” in trans colours

ghost_bird OP , vor 5 Tagen

“I heard two trans kids had scaled the building so I came along to help out. I was so angry. When night came and the energy went away I decided to stay”

“We deserve to be heard, to be seen, to show that we’re not afraid. To show we won’t back down in the face of oppression any longer”

“For us this is safer than the NHS waiting list. Even on the edge of a fucking building we feel safer here. Surrounded by support and anger we feel loved”