Lonnie trans protest

Lonnie Hookham speaks at a protest in Inverness against the Supreme Court ruling on terminology in the Equality Act.

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00:00I had a whole poem prepared, and a whole thing, but everyone else was just sitting in a coffee.

00:05I'm going to be for free.

00:07Turn out today is absolutely amazing.

00:10I walked off that street for like 20 minutes ago.

00:12You see everybody here, shouting and screaming and all of this stuff, it's amazing.

00:17Talking to the mic, Lonnie.

00:19It's not sad.

00:21It's easy in Inverness.

00:23You know, I remember the first time, years ago, we had protests of finding these exact streets right here.

00:29You know, drag queens fighting and this whole thing.

00:32We've grown so much.

00:34I think it's beautiful.

00:36And I feel so much love pouring out of it.

00:39And I just think it's amazing.

00:41And I want to say, trans women are women, women are men.

00:46And we are not going anywhere.