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Trans rights: Woman’s Place UK responds to 50.50’s report

A co-founder of the women’s group responds to openDemocracy’s report analysing opposition to potential gender recognition reforms in the UK.

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I am a co-founder of Woman’s Place UK (WPUK), one of the women’s groups named in a misleading article published on openDemocracy 50.50, “Christian Right and some UK feminists ‘unlikely allies’ against trans rights”.

WPUK members are women of the Left with long records campaigning on progressive issues. Our supporters include lesbians who feel their identity and rights are under attack. We campaign for women's sex-based rights under the law.

Previously, I was active in the Campaign Against Pornography. I co-edited a book of letters to the British politician Clare Short, written by thousands of women on their hatred of page 3 (a page in the tabloid The Sun which until 2015 featured large pictures of topless women) and its impact on their lives.