Name/TitlePlacard: Lesbians 4 Trans Rights
About this objectDouble-sided cardboard placard made for the Trans Rights Rally in Glasgow, 21st January 2023. One side has been hand painted with the slogan 'Lesbians 4 Trans Rights' and also features a small hand drawn heart above a painted pink inverted triangle (an HIV/AIDS symbol) bearing the words 'Silence = Death'. The other side bears the handwritten slogan 'Stop Section 35' beside a hand painted trans flag.
Date MadeJan 2023
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, cardboard and paper
MeasurementsH: 390 x W: 450 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsHomophobia, transphobia
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association KeywordsTrans rights
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-2023-14-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved