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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Steph Richards (she/her) is a 74-year-old human rights activist, intersectional feminist, and recipient of a 2023 Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Award. Holding a Gender Recognition Certificate and "post op", she is the founder and Chair of Translucent.Org.UK, which was named LGBT Organisation of the Year at the 2022 National Diversity Awards. Steph was also shortlisted as a Positive Role Model for Gender at the 2025 National Diversity Awards. Steph’s leadership spans political, healthcare, and community advocacy. She served as the Women’s and LGBT Officer for the Portsmouth Labour Party (2021–2024), co-founded the Women’s Action Network (Portsmouth), and is a former CEO of a women’s health charity. A passionate champion for women's healthcare, she possesses extensive expertise in baby loss awareness, actively defends UK abortion rights and is a member of "Women Against the Far-Right". Calling out VAWG, Steph has researched and written about 125 women and girls killed by a man. A prominent voice in national media and debate, Steph has been featured live on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Anti Social, Good Morning Britain, Times Radio, LBC, GB News, and Channel 4 News. In 2023, she debated trans human rights alongside Harvard biologist Dr. Carole Hooven at a prominent US university event.

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