Ebook {Epub PDF} Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows by Christine Burns

Christine Burns MBE has campaigned for a quarter of a century for the civil rights of transgender people, and has been involved with the trans community for more than 40 years. She has worked as an equalities consultant, helped to put together new employment legislation and the Gender Recognition Act, and wrote the first ever official guidance about trans health for the Department of Health/5(81).  · Christine Burns MBE has campaigned for a quarter of a century for the civil rights of transgender people, and has been involved with the trans community for more than 40 years. She has worked as an equalities consultant, helped to put together new employment legislation and the Gender Recognition Act, and wrote the first ever official guidance about trans health for the Department of /5(). Trans Britain: Our Long Journey from the Shadows By Edited by Christine Burns A comprehensive account of the landmark events which shaped the transgender community over the last five decades, told through a series of essays by real experts who were there and can describe the knock-on effects today.

She is a contributor to Trans Britain: Our Long Journey from the Shadows (edited by Christine Burns), The Church of England appears to have welcomed trans people with more enthusiasm than it. Trans Britain: Our Journey from the Shadows Kindle Edition by Christine Burns (Author) › Visit Amazon's Christine Burns Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central. From our television screens to the ballot box, transgender people have suddenly become part of the zeitgeist. Christine Burns' new book "Trans Britain: Our Journey From the Shadows" chronicles this journey in the words of those who were there to witness a marginalised community grow into the visible phenomenon we recognise today.

This book is timely as many of the early "pioneers" are now reaching old age and their memories would have been lost forever - so it is a tribute to Christine Burns that she has put together these stories to remind future generations of transgender people where trans liberation in the UK began. Trans Britain: Our Long Journey from the Shadows By Edited by Christine Burns A comprehensive account of the landmark events which shaped the transgender community over the last five decades, told through a series of essays by real experts who were there and can describe the knock-on effects today. It's a fascinating and inspiring series of essays covering the history of trans activism from the '50s and' 60s up to the present edited by Christine Burns and written by a number of different people - most of whom are trans and a few cis gender allies who also have a perspective on the subject - either medical or political.