Press for Change

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]

Press for Change with Mo Mowlam – 1 October 1997

Press for Change at Ten Downing Street in 1997

Notable figures in the group

• 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

• 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

• Transgender rights in the United Kingdom

References

1. "British transsexuals to get right to get married". The New Zealand Herald. 10 December 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
2. "Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month UK". Lgbthistorymonth.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
3. "So, I had a sex change". The Telegraph. London. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
4. "Stephen Whittle". LGBT History Month. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
5. "Para who became a woman – Local". Blackpool Gazette. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
6. "UNISON News | The public service union | Greater London LGBT Organising Day". Unison.org.uk. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
7. Goodchild, Sophie (23 June 2002). "New hope for transsexuals as MPs move to change the law on birth certificates – UK Politics – UK". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 May 2012.^{[dead link]}
8. Len Tingle (8 October 2006). "Programmes | Politics Show | Yorks and Lincs: The trauma of transsexuality". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
9. "UK | England | Manchester | Eric Sykes gets New Year's honour". BBC News. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
10. "Hayley Cropper". LGBT History Month. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
11. Roth, Andrew (10 April 2008). "Lord Beaumont of Whitley". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

External links

• Press for Change
• Press for Change on Twitter
• Webarchive link to old version of Press for Change including extensive document archive