She said: “Powerful people, rich people, at home and abroad are punching down, referring to the LGBT community as woke, snowflake, weak, fragile, and any of us know that the LGBTQIA community is far from all of those things.
She told MPs: “I was out with one of my gay best friends and my non-binary friends, we were out, we’d gone to a gay club because, unsurprisingly – and for whatever reason, I can’t possibly put my finger on it – I felt safer and able to have more fun in gay nightclubs than I did in straight clubs.
During a debate on LGBT+ history month, Labour MP for Luton North Sarah Owen, criticised those who use terms like “woke” or “snowflake” to portray gay and trans people as weak.
“Because fighting for who you are, to love who you want to love in the face of hatred, humiliation and persecution is one of the bravest things any one of us could ever do.
She said: “Many trans people see their identities as denigrated, their experiences ignored and their lives sidelined in debates about their own rights and their own lives.
