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Claire and her Amazing TEDx Talk

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In late November Claire, our co-editor here at Steph’s Place did something pretty amazing for the trans community.

Amazing?

Nah even better than that – scary, courageous, almost unique for a trans person.

In case you missed what she did – Claire gave a thirteen-minute talk (no notes, no autocue) to TEDx Bath 2021 in front of a selected audience that was streamed to other countries worldwide.

She explained what happened in an editorial a few days after the event.

Her talk had a phenomenal response, making people who had shunned trans friends ‘think again’, and a number of translators cry.

Watching her talk via the stream – yes, I cried too.

Have a spare thirteen minutes?

You can catch her talk by way of YouTube by clicking HERE.

 

 

 

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(Pronouns - she/her) - Steph Richards is a 73-year-old 'post-op' trans woman with a Gender Recognition Certificate and works as a human rights activist. She was the elected Women's and LGBT Officer at Portsmouth Labour Party 2021 - 2024, CEO of Translucent.Org.UK, winner of the LGBT Organisation of the Year at the National Diversity Awards in 2022, co-founder of Women's Action Network (Portsmouth) and a volunteer at a Women's health charity. Steph was shortlisted as a "Gender Role Model" at the National Diversity Awards in 2025. Steph has been platformed live on BBC Radio 4 three times, including Women's Hour. She has also appeared on Times Radio, LBC Radio, GB News and Channel 4 News. In 2023, Steph debated trans human rights at an American university event alongside Harvard biologist and author Carole Hooven, PhD. Steph (an intersectional feminist) is passionate about the inclusion and acceptance of trans people in society. She advocates for women in prison, specifically pregnant women and calls out the mounting concern that abortion rights are at risk in the UK. She was the recipient of an Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Award in March, 2023.

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