The Independent breathlessly reports:

Trans people in the UK face a rising tide of discriminatory behaviour and prejudice which is creating a “hostile environment” impeding access to healthcare and damaging mental health, according to a major new report.

But who measures the rise of this tide?

Describing the situation as a “crisis”, in which trans people in the UK are “being catastrophically failed”, Trans Actual UK, an advocacy organisation focused on healthcare and legal protections for trans people, said: “Hundreds of thousands of trans people have seen the degradation of their human rights protections” over the past decade, and are now calling for government action.

Really? What human rights protections are we talking about?

Trans Actual surveyed over 4,000 trans people in Britain aged 18 to 81, and found rising levels of transphobia are having a profound effect on the wellbeing and daily lives of trans people.

Oh, that’s who measured the rising tide – an organization that believes in trans ideology. I suppose its definition of “transphobia” includes non-belief in trans ideology? Is it all just a tad circular slightly a bit?

The survey, which is the largest in-depth survey of the UK trans population to date, revealed that almost every respondent – 99 per cent of the 4,008 people surveyed – said that hostile or negative media coverage had affected their mental health or intensified their gender dysphoria.

Well duh. Of course they did. That’s their jam.

A key issue raised by respondents was the difficulty in acquiring ID that reflects their gender.

A Gender Recognition Certificate allows people’s affirmed or “acquired” gender to be legally recognised in the UK, and means trans people can update birth or adoption certificates.

But only 13 per cent of respondents said they were able to update their ID without any difficulty. The vast majority reported being unable to secure gender‑congruent documents, citing barriers such as high costs, complex bureaucracy and the absence of gender‑neutral options.

These barriers have far‑reaching consequences. Without accurate ID, respondents described heightened risks to their privacy, greater difficulty securing employment, and increased exposure to harassment and discrimination in everyday situations.

But it’s not accurate ID they’re trying to get, it’s the other kind. They want special fancy counter-factual ID, which kind of subverts the whole point of having ID at all.