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    Petra De Sutter, Trans Woman, Deputy Prime Minister in Belgium.

    StephBy 1 Min Read
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    Oddly, I find myself doing two blogs in one day, but I can not hide my excitement in seeing that Belgium’s new Deputy Prime Minister is a trans woman. 

    Petra De Sutter, I salute you – you are one heck of a woman! 

    Whilst in the UK the TERF’s are attacking trans peoples right to exist – in Belgium, there is no headline that Petra is trans. 

    She is accepted. 

    This is probably going to be the shortest blog I will ever do because I can ask no more than acceptance.

    Except of course in the UK because while Petra becomes Deputy Prime Minister of a sovereign state, a minority of the UK public, (okay – TERF’s) are discussing very loudly in which toilet I should pee. 

    https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/10/01/petra-de-sutter-transgender-belgium-government-deputy-prime-minister-green-party/

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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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