# 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](/source/Transgender) 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.[1] The organisation began on 27 February 1992 and its founders included Mark Rees[2] and [Stephen Whittle](/source/Stephen_Whittle).[3][4]

## Notable figures in the group

- [Christine Burns](/source/Christine_Burns) [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire), former vice president.[5]
- [Angela Clayton](/source/Angela_Clayton) MBE, former vice president.[6]
- Claire McNab MBE, former vice president.[7][8]
- Mark Rees, co founder of the group (deceased).[2]
- Professor [Stephen Whittle](/source/Stephen_Whittle), [OBE](/source/OBE), [PhD](/source/PhD) vice president and co founder of the group.[3]

Burns and Whittle were given their honours, "for services to gender issues", in relation to their work for Press for Change.[9]

## Patrons

- [Julie Hesmondhalgh](/source/Julie_Hesmondhalgh), the actress who plays [Hayley Cropper](/source/Hayley_Cropper) in *[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)*, the first transgender character in a British [soap opera](/source/Soap_opera).[10]
- [Baron Beaumont of Whitley](/source/Tim_Beaumont), [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) priest, [life peer](/source/Life_peer), first member of either the [House of Lords](/source/House_of_Lords) or [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) to sit as a member of the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales).[11]

## See also

- [Transgender rights in the United Kingdom](/source/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom)

## References

1. ["British transsexuals to get right to get married"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3008739). *The New Zealand Herald*. 10 December 2002. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. ["Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month UK"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110929163516/http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/markrees.htm). Lgbthistorymonth.org.uk. Archived from [the original](http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/markrees.htm) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. ["So, I had a sex change"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships/7867780/So-I-had-a-sex-change.html). *The Telegraph*. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. ["Stephen Whittle"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121128024242/http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/lgbt-people/inspirational-trans-people/stephen-whittle/). LGBT History Month. Archived from [the original](http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/lgbt-people/inspirational-trans-people/stephen-whittle/) on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

1. ["Para who became a woman – Local"](http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/para-who-became-a-woman-1-424758). *Blackpool Gazette*. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. ["UNISON News | The public service union | Greater London LGBT Organising Day"](http://www.unison.org.uk/news/page_view.asp?did=6427). Unison.org.uk. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

1. Goodchild, Sophie (2002-06-23). ["New hope for transsexuals as MPs move to change the law on birth certificates – UK Politics – UK"](https://archive.today/20120803015946/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-hope-for-transsexuals-as-mps-move-to-change-the-law-on-birth-certificates-646151.html). *The Independent*. Archived from [the original](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/new-hope-for-transsexuals-as-mps-move-to-change-the-law-on-birth-certificates-646151.html) on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. Len Tingle (2006-10-08). ["Programmes | Politics Show | Yorks and Lincs: The trauma of transsexuality"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/5407582.stm). BBC News. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

1. ["UK | England | Manchester | Eric Sykes gets New Year's honour"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4135443.stm). BBC News. 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

1. ["Hayley Cropper"](https://archive.today/20120709210633/http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/lgbt-people/biographies/hayley-cropper/). LGBT History Month. 2011-03-15. Archived from [the original](http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/history/lgbt-people/biographies/hayley-cropper/) on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

1. Roth, Andrew (2008-04-10). ["Lord Beaumont of Whitley"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/11/religion.liberaldemocrats). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2024-01-15.

## External links

- [Press for Change](http://www.pfc.org.uk/)
- [Press for Change](https://twitter.com/pfcuknews) on Twitter
- [Webarchive link to old version of Press for Change including extensive document archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193542/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/116247)

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