Yeah big vehicles are a problem in Australia too

The op picture is from the UK, since it refers to the NHS. An Australian sign like that would say Medicare

But yes, it’s people cosplaying blue collar

Indeed, notably the newsworthy bad stuff coming from the US recently. Trans was hardly recognised when my story is set, and my real point was “it’s not just trans people, it’s not just one gender”

exclusion from competitions

This affects any gender or orientation. When I was a boy I wanted to play netball because my big sister played that. But that’s a girls game. Had she wanted to play basketball she would have gotten similar rejection.

‘an hero’ means to suicide