The next stage of the Equality Bill is the House of Lords Committee
Stage which is expected to be on the 11th and 13th of January 2010.
Many trans people and their allies have been working hard to try to
get the protected characteristic amended from 'gender reassignment'
to 'gender identity'. If we are to have even the slightest chance of
any success in the House of Lords, we need more real life examples of
people who fall outside the coverage of gender reassignment and the
discrimination they have experienced.
We need transgender, transvestite, genderqueer, androgyne, neutrois,
third-gender, gender variant and intersex people to share their
experiences. At the moment, politicians just don't understand who
other than transsexual people our gender diverse communities might
include. Please take this opportunity to show them that you exist and
that you deserve equality too.
If you are willing to share your experiences of the gender identity
discrimination or harassment you have experienced, and are happy for
us to include this within an amendment briefing pack for members of
the House of Lords, then please urgently complete our very short
anonymous survey at:
https://www.