The Scottish Transgender Alliance and Gender Spectrum – who are attending a meeting with representatives of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in a few days time – have launched a survey to gather ordinary trans people’s views on the Equality Bill in order to properly represent our interests. Their stated intent is to gain the imput of as wide a range of individuals as possible, from different backgrounds and with different identities.
If you’re a UK-based trans person, please take the time to fill this in, and pass it on to others if you’re able to.
The deadline is Saturday 23rd. The survey has only been live a week or so, but there isn’t much time left for Parliament to make significant amendments.
| ***** Press Release from the Scottish Transgender Alliance & Gender Spectrum UK Tuesday 12th May 2009 ***** The Scottish Transgender Alliance (www.scottishtrans.org) & Gender Spectrum UK (www.gsuk.org ) wish to announce the launch of an on-line survey for the Gender Variant community with regards to issues that have come to light through the publication of the Equality Bill. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?…oYOUAxsg_3d_3d or This is an important Bill and introduces some positive lines of protection for everyone. Whilst the Bill itself covers several different strands, we wish to specifically concern ourselves with the issues that affect the Gender Variant community. The survey will be anonymous and should take around 10 minutes to complete. The results will be published on the websites of both the Scottish Transgender Alliance and Gender Spectrum UK. The closing date for this survey is Saturday 23rd May. We would truly appreciate YOUR views on the priority issues within the Equality Bill. |
Dr Ruth Pearce 