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Press for Change (PFC) is a UK-based campaign group focusing on the rights and treatment of 
Press for Change
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Press for Change (PFC) is a UK-based campaign group focusing on the rights and treatment of trans
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people. Its stated aim is "seeking respect and equality for all trans people in the UK". The group led the campaign for full legal recognition for transgender people living in Britain including the right to marry.
The organisation began on 27 February 1992 and its founders included Mark Rees and Stephen Whittle.
Notable figures in the group
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, former vice president.
*Angela Clayton
Angela Helen Clayton MBE (1959 – 8 January 2014) was an internationally known physicist working in the fields of Nuclear Criticality Safety and Health Physics. She was also a campaigner for the rights of transgender people.
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MBE, former vice president.
*Claire McNab MBE, former vice president.
*Mark Rees, co founder of the group (no longer actively involved).
* Professor Stephen Whittle, OBE, PhD vice president and co founder of the group.
Burns and Whittle were given their honours, "for services to gender issues," in relation to their work for Press for Change.
Patrons
* Julie Hesmondhalgh, the actress who playsHayley Cropper
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in '' Coronation Street'', the first transgender character in a British soap opera
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.
See also
*Transgender rights in the United Kingdom
Transgender rights in the United Kingdom have varied significantly over time, with the British transgender community facing ongoing challenges not experienced by cisgender Britons. These include various laws and public attitudes in regards to ide ...
References
External links
Press for Change
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Transgender organisations in the United Kingdom Transgender rights 1992 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1992