VALENTINO VECCHIETTI is a writer, academic, intersex human rights campaigner and a lesbian. They founded Intersex Equality Rights UK. @ValentinoInter
Growing up in the 1970s was a very fearful time for me. The political narrative towards immigrant families like ours was: “Send them back.” A racist group called the National Front had become popular amongst the school children in my middle school. Kids who had been friends with me told me they couldn’t be my friend anymore because they had joined the NF I grew up fearful for my dad’s life because he was a person of colour. It seems so long ago now, but when I see what’s happened in America and the UK, even over these last few years, the increasing polarisation scares me.