Press for Change
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Press for Change (PFC) is a UK-based campaign group focusing on the rights and treatment of trans people. Its stated aim is "seeking respect and equality for all trans people in the UK". The group led the campaign for full legal recognition for transgender people living in Britain including the right to marry.[1] The organisation began on 27 February 1992 and its founders included Mark Rees[2] and Stephen Whittle.[3][4]
Notable figures in the group
[edit | edit source]- Christine Burns MBE, former vice president.[5]
- Angela Clayton MBE, former vice president.[6]
- Claire McNab MBE, former vice president.[7][8]
- Mark Rees, co founder of the group (deceased).[2]
- Professor Stephen Whittle, OBE, PhD vice president and co founder of the group.[3]
Burns and Whittle were given their honours, "for services to gender issues", in relation to their work for Press for Change.[9]
Patrons
[edit | edit source]- Julie Hesmondhalgh, the actress who plays Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street, the first transgender character in a British soap opera.[10]
- Baron Beaumont of Whitley, Anglican priest, life peer, first member of either the House of Lords or House of Commons to sit as a member of the Green Party.[11]
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Press for Change
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- Webarchive link to old version of Press for Change including extensive document archive