Latest Site Update 15th November 2011
The þ Trans Equality Project
The Trans Equality Project is a service from Press for Change which from the 7th January 2010 is providing:
A dedicated telephone and email equalities and human rights legal help and advice service for all trans people, for at least 1 day a week between the hours of 10am to 5.30pm.
The project will provide a service to ALL Trans people, those who work with them, and those who employ them or provide them with services.
For A list of those who the project can help: click here
Click here to donate NOW to Press for Change for the transequality project
The phone line: +44 (0)844 708165 - often available, but we guarantee Thursdays between 10am and 5pm. Our email service, office(-at-)pfc.org.uk, is available to provide help for All Trans people in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, where the matter concerns UK law.
The Project will work closely with the Scottish Transgender Alliance, to support the rights for trans people, and help where requested on Scottish cases.
PFC's TransEquality Project can advise if you have been on the receiving end of some action or incident which:
CONTRAVENES YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS 1. Any Action, Practice or Incidents which Ignore or abuse your Human Rights AND 2. the action is done by a PUBLIC AUTHORITY e.g. a local authority, government department, public service such as policing, education or health service. Under the Human Rights Axt 1998, every person in the UK has a right to: FAIRNESS & RESPECT & EQUALITY & DIGNITY & AUTONOMY |
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UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST YOU It is simple mathematics: 1+2+3=Unlawful Discrimination IN order to make a claim for discrimination: +1. You must receive Unequal or different treatment in a) Employment or Vocational Training, or/ b) when accessing Goods or Services, or/ c) Facilities incl. Housing, or building use + 2. which has been to your detriment i.e. placed you at a disadvantage and + 3. which would not have happened if you had not been a) Intending to undergo or b) were undergoing or c) had undergone ... Gender Reassignment = Unlawful Discrimination Gender Reassignment means that a person is 'under medical supervision for gender dysphoria' which does NOT mean you have to be attending, or have attended a specialist Gender Identity Clinic. Invoking Gender Reassignment as a protective ground (under s.82 of |
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