Name/TitlePlacard: Trans Folk Want Peace
About this objectDouble-sided cardboard placard and pole made for the Trans Rights Rally in Glasgow, 21st January 2023. The placard is painted on one side with the slogan 'Trans Folk Want Peace!' and (in smaller letters) 'You absolute queerphobic pricks!!!' The slogan painted ion the other side is 'Tired of Being Brave ~ We Just Want To Be Safe' 'Made by Amy, a trans woman who said: "I don't want to be brave. I want to be a coward. I'm tired of fighting for my rights and having to go to protests every other week."
MakerParent, Amy
Maker RoleCreator
Date MadeJan 2023
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, cardboard
MeasurementsH: 300 x W: 395 mm (placard only)
H: 530 x W: 395 mm (incl. pole)
Subject and Association KeywordsHomophobia, transphobia
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association DescriptionThe Trans Rights Rally at the Buchanan Galleries steps, Glasgow on 21st January 2023 was organised in protest after the UK Government moved to block Scottish gender recognition reforms that would allow trans individuals to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) without a medical diagnosis in Scotland: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23267156.rally-trans-equality-takes-place-glasgow-city-centre
https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/gender-recognition-reform-scotland-bill:
The Bill changes the process to get a gender recognition certificate (GRC). A GRC is a certificate that legally recognises that a person’s gender is not the gender that they were assigned at birth, but is their “acquired gender”.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePlacard
Object numberGWL-2023-13
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved