today, my sister Alice would have been 22. on the second anniversary of her death in May i’ll be running 100km from london to brighton. i'm raising money for INQUEST, who support families & campaign where someone has died a state-related death
justgiving.com/page/alice-lit…

#TransAwarenessWeek

🧵Trigger warning: suicide

I am the proud mum of a trans woman, Alice.

Alice came out to her best friend, Lucy when she was fifteen, to her sister, Kate a year later. She didn’t come out to me. Why not? Probably because I’d absorbed media transphobia 1/

We’re very proud to have supported Alice Litman’s family (Campaign for Alice) in their search for justice for Alice and to transform the devastatingly insufficient trans healthcare system 🏳️‍⚧️

my family and i were glad to go on GMB this morning to speak about the inaccessibility of trans healthcare, how it contributed to Alice’s death and the transformation we believe is possible if GPs are empowered to provide gender-affirming healthcare

Good and caring interview on Sky News with the father of Alice Litman, a young trans woman who died from suicide because the NHS fails to help trans people

youtube.com/watch?v=wq76Fb…

Alice's inquest heard that if a trans person was referred to the GIC today, they would wait 20 years before receiving their first appointment - it is an unconscionable political choice to make vulnerable people wait so long, when we already know this is lifesaving care

We have all cried for Corei today. His mother is now suffering transphobic abuse, just as we do when we speak about Alice's death. There are no words for the pain of knowing that some people dedicate their lives to the cause of making young trans people's lives harder to live.

“We can never bring Alice back, but we will keep campaigning to ensure that all trans people are able to live in dignity and receive the health care they need and deserve.”

A powerful statement from the family of Alice Litman (Campaign for Alice).

my parents speaking beautifully about how much they loved Alice, and the conditions of hostility towards trans people that contributed to her death
theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

‘She just wanted to live how she wanted to’: my interview with the parents of Alice Litman, who are speaking out about the failures of trans healthcare ahead of her inquest conclusions ⁦Campaign for Alice⁩ theguardian.com/society/2023/o…