Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Speak up on Trans+ rights, Andy Burnham urged after 1000-strong mass lobby
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Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Speak up on Trans+ rights, Andy Burnham urged after 1000-strong mass lobby

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Understand the LGBTQIA+ headlines and keep track of the latest queer content and perspectives. QueerAF is written by Jamie Wareham and a different LGBTQIA+ creative every week.

💬 This week:

  • Mass lobby: This week saw the second event of its kind organised by the Trans+ Solidary Alliance. We cover the day and get analysis of what happened.
  • Sam Nordquist: Two of those who pleaded guilty to the trans man's murder have been sentenced to life in prison.
  • QueerAF presents: Now live on our YouTube channel, we bring you the insights from the first-ever We Are Queer Health summit, including remarks from Heartstopper's Yasmin Finney and Not A Phase's Dani St James.

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1000 Trans+ activists call on Burnham to overturn EHRC’s segregation guidance in mass Parliamentary lobby

TL;DR: The Trans+ Solidarity Alliance has criticised Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s silence on Trans+ rights, after nearly 1,000 Trans+ people and allies signed up to lobby their MPs in parliament about the harms of the EHRC Code of Practice. A Trans+ Solidarity Alliance press officer, Sophie Perry, provides analysis of the day for QueerAF.

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