Ncuti Gatwa has criticized officials who demonize transgender individuals and refugees.
Ncuti Gatwa, a “Doctor Who” star, has accused the UK government of using transgender people as a scapegoat for its “own ineptitude.”
The 31-year-old actor has portrayed UK politicians as the real villains and monsters that need to be stopped, as Ncuti Gatwa will join Russell T Davies’ team in the upcoming new season of “Doctor Who.”
Gatwa expressed his disappointment at watching lawmakers incite anger against trans people and other minority groups in a statement to “Attitude” magazine ahead of the debut season of the beloved sci-fi show, which airs next month.
“When you see politicians explicitly attacking marginalized communities, when our politicians openly attack trans people, it makes it okay for everyone else,” he explained. “Everything trickles down from the top,” he said.
“It is frightful to realize that we have reached a point where it is acceptable to harm vulnerable people because that is what is actually happening.”
According to data released in October, hate crimes against the transgender group in England and Wales increased by more than 10% from the same period last year.
In reaction, the Home Office itself suggested that transgender people being “heavily discussed by officials” perhaps have led to an increase in such crimes.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was heavily criticized earlier this year for making a jibe about transgender people during Prime Minister’s Questions while Ester Ghey, the family of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey, was present in the room.
Sunak has a long record of disparaging transgender people, including making the point that misgendering transgender people is “common sense” frequently.
He was mocked by those who believe trans women are women in a film that PinkNews shared next year.
Gatwa reacted with fury to the “sick” politicians who use transgender people and other minorities as a means of “hiding away” from their “ineptitude”.
“People who are the most vulnerable, the most disillusioned, most disconnected from everyone else, are being told that they are the threats,” he declared.
“You’re going to put the blame on newcomers, Black and brown people, transgender people, gay people, to hide the fact that you are not doing anything for individuals?
“It’s easier to simply create conflict amongst individuals. It’s divide and conquer, isn’t it?”
As the general election draws near, politicians across the political divide in the UK have continued to use trans people as a punching bag. Wes Streeting, a Labour frontbencher, recently stated that he no longer supports his claim that “trans women are women.”
In order to “maintain the dignity of single-sex spaces,” the dark health minister has also expressed his desire for transgender medical patients to be treated in individual hospital wards.
As a group, Labour has furthermore lately backed banning transgender people from competing in women’s activities.
Ncuti Gatwa, also known for appearing as Eric Effiong in “Sex Education,” came out as gay last year.
He stated in his “Attitude” interview that he needed to seek therapy to overcome “internalized homophobia,” which he only discovered he had troubled once he gained popularity.
“I always thought that I was the most free-spirited man … No-one could tell me what to do. I do whatever I want,” he explained.
“Until I came into the public eye (and) I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know’. It is an ever-evolving journey … What I can do is try each day to tackle that and become more proud of who I am, fully. But it’s a longer old trek.”
“Doctor Who” returns to BBC itunes and BBC One in the UK on 11 May, and to Disney+ on 10 May for foreign viewers.
“Attitude” magazine has just released its May/June issue.
