Recognising
the Identity and Rights of Trans People
Press For Change's submission to the Government's Inter-departmental
Working group on the status of transsexual people, June 1999.
Court
Judgement Criticises UK Government's Lack of Action
Sheffield and Horsham versus UK -- analysis of the 1998 ECtHR judgment
which preceded Goodwin & I
101
Unequal ways to try to treat you equally
Analysis of the report of the government's Interdepartmental Working
group on transsexual people. (July 2000)
Seven
Out of Ten - Must Try Harder
Reflections on the experience of negotiating changes to the Sex Discrimination
Act, and the effects which the shortcomings can have
The
A to Z of Trans People's Discrimination
The A-Z of discrimination: a catalogue of the areas in which UK law
disadvantages trans people, and which form Press for Change's main campaign
issues -- by Christine Burns and Claire McNab
Fourth
Column Revolutionary
Some revolutionary ideas about birth certificates
Who
What and Why: the false hope of the ID card
Analysis of why the problems of legal identity faced by trans people are not
solved by an ID card in any form
Woman
Plus
How to forget the label and concentrate on the quality of the cloth. The emotive
thing about labels is who owns the definition.
A
very British obsession
Pondering the impact of the British attitude to toilets for trans
people.
A
Tragedy Just Waiting to happen
Feature on the harsh realities of life for transsexual people dealing
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What
Colour Are Your Eyes?
A cautionary reminder of the dangers of placing too much reliance on
science to legitimise any sort of difference from contemporary concepts
of normality
Measuring
Sex in Centimetres
On the false distinctions created by marginally different court
judgements
The
Sunday Sermon: Walking the eggshell road
Why, in commenting on the actions of judges and others who put reasoning
before humanity, it is important to be careful not to fall into the same
trap
The
end of the beginning
Reporting on the failed passage of Alex Carlile's Private Members Bill
in Parliament. February 1996
Changing
Times (Pink Paper)
What are the social and political issues affecting the transgender
community? Christine Burns spoke to the The Pink Paper. 31st October
2000. (Author Tristan Donovan)
U.K.
Transsexuals a Breed Apart (Japan Times)
Profile of PFC vice-president Christine Burns, and her campaigning work.
Japan Times, 3 December 1995 (Kyodo News)
A
Funny Kind of Integrity
Critique of the book 'Transsexuality', published by the Evangelical
Alliance
Book
Review: The Transgender Debate
Review by Christine Burns of 'The Transgender Debate (The Crisis
Surrounding Gender Identity)', by Stephen Whittle
Book
Review: True Selves
Review of the book, 'True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism For
Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals', by Mildred
Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
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Familiarity with the law