The recent decision by the UK Supreme Court is bad, but we’re still going to win. Anybody who went to the protests at the weekend feels it. This is a backlash and it’s bad, but there are just more trans people and allies than there are terfs and transphobes. We will win.

Your MP needs to hear from you. Tell them you want a legislative remedy to protect trans rights. If you want to go into more detail, there are some scripts online: The Trans Solidarity Alliance has one. And there’s another one from The Trans Legal Project. Do include some of your own words at the top of the message. Perhaps you might mention that you’re disappointed or angry or that trans women are our sisters or anything else. MPs just need to know how many of us there are. Your own words mark you as an actual person and your words are valid and needed.

You can find out your MP’s email address via They Work For You.

For our cis friends, please write and encourage your friends to write. Don’t leave your MP or your contacts in doubt as to whether you’re an ally. Speak up for us.

If you are trans, you can (and should) ask your MP to meet you! Trans Actual has advice. You can bring your spouse, a friend or a family member with you. Some MPs have never knowingly met a trans person. Your meeting with them is a good thing to do and a valuable use of your time even if it doesn’t seem to go anywhere.

Things do feel discouraging right now, but we have the power to turn it around, if we stand up and are counted. Especially our allies.

Help be part of the solution. Write.