United march in Sheffield for trans+ rights – Socialist Worker

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United march in Sheffield for trans+ rights – Socialist Worker

🔎 Sheffield · 3 hours ago

Nearly 200 people marched through Sheffield on Sunday to protest against transphobic guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), due to take effect this week, which instructs public bodies to deny trans+ people access to single-sex spaces. The demonstration followed a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that campaigners say has emboldened institutional discrimination, and organisers framed the march as part of a wider fight linking trans+ liberation to workers' movements.

The protest was organised by TradeUnions4TransRights and Sheffield Trans+ Liberation, with support from Women Against the Far Right, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and the Unison and NEU trade unions. A TU4TR organiser, Belle, told the crowd that "the fight for trans+ liberation is a class issue" requiring class mobilisation, urging closer ties between trans+ rights campaigners and organised labour. The article, by Juni Danilewicz, argues that liberation movements must unite or risk falling alone.

  • Nearly 200 marched in Sheffield against new EHRC transphobic guidance.
  • Organised by trade union and trans+ liberation groups, backed by unions.
  • Speakers framed trans+ rights as a class issue needing union solidarity.

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