BYM pledges to stand with trans community
'In signing the pledge, charity leaders committed to unite to ensure the sector remains a safe place for all trans and non-binary people to work, volunteer and seek support.'
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), has signed a ‘Charity So Straight’ pledge to support the rights of trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities.
‘Quakers in Britain made a decision at their 2021 Yearly Meeting to “seek to provide places of worship and community that are welcoming and supportive to trans and non-binary people”,’ BYM said, on the Quakers in Britain website.
‘With glad hearts we acknowledge and affirm the trans and gender diverse Friends in our Quaker communities, and express appreciation for the contribution and gifts that they bring,’ the gathering agreed.
Paul Parker has said that he would like this decision to be reflected in ‘their national organisation’s public position and in its workplace, as well as across the Quaker community in Britain’.
‘Trans and non-binary people are facing an unprecedented level of hatred in the UK, which is affecting all aspects of their daily lives,’ BYM said. ‘One in four trans people (26%), and almost two in five non-binary people (37%), say that they aren’t “out” at work.’
Attacks on charities that support trans inclusion are also accelerating, BYM said, which is ‘forming part of a wider climate of hostility towards charity campaigning’.
In signing the pledge, charity leaders committed to unite to ensure the sector remains a safe place for all trans and non-binary people to work, volunteer and seek support. The signatories include the leaders of the Alzheimer’s Society, Samaritans, Teenage Cancer Trust, Jo Cox Foundation, and the 2050 Climate Group.
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Wonderful to read about this.
By AlisonSmedley on 11th August 2023 - 15:09
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