Name/TitlePlacard: Vote NO To The Gender Reform Bill
About this objectDouble-sided cardboard placard made for the Let Women Speak Rally in Glasgow, 5th February 2023. Both sides are covered with paper printed in the green, white and purple colours of the Suffragette movement and bear the printed slogan 'Vote NO to the Gender Reform Bill'.
Date MadeFeb 2023
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, cardboard and paper
MeasurementsH: 425 x W: 300 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsGender equality
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association KeywordsGender Critical
Subject and Association DescriptionStanding for Women, headed by Kellie-Jay Keen – also known as Posie Parker – staged a protest in Glasgow on Sunday 5th February 2023 against the Scottish Government’s gender recognition reform proposals, which were passed by a majority of MSPs in December but blocked by the UK Governmenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/glasgow-scottish-government-scottish-msps-stirling-b2276169.html
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-2023-15-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved