I am passionate about fairness, equality and the need to rid ourselves of discrimination in our society. 

While I appreciate we live in a capitalist society and by the very nature of the society we live in there will always be some people “better off” than some others…decency costs nothing. 

How great therefore to see Prince Harry & Meghan call out out equality. 

Meghan is vice president of the Queens Commonwealth Trust, and on Monday she and Harry dialled into there weekly video call, which was responding to the Black Lives Matter movement.

While rightly concentrating on the BLM issue, Meghan said this: “Equality does not put anyone on the back foot, it puts us all on the same footing – which is a fundamental human right.”

And of course, that is what trans folk seek as well – we don’t ask for anything other than be equal.

Sadly the TERF’s have other views.

They wish to use the cis privilege card to justify discrimination against trans folk and trans women in particular.

It is all so very wrong!

Discrimination stinks!

So for the record,  I am going to re-quote what Meghan said and hope and pray just one TERF (or better still Liz Truss) is listening.  

Equality does not put anyone on the back foot; it puts us all on the same footing – which is a fundamental human right.”

And a message for Prince Harry – your mum would be proud of you. 

   

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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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