Manchester Council is set to pass a motion on improving trans rights across Greater Manchester later this week.
Labour councillor Jon-Connor Lyons, who represents Piccadilly Ward, has proposed the motion which has been seconded by Fallowfield councillor Jade Mary Doswell.
The 'Trans Rights Are Human Rights – It’s Time To Do More’ motion calls on the council to conduct a review of council services 'to ensure they are as accessible as possible to trans and non-binary people'.
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It also asks the council to declare that 'trans men are men, trans women are women, non-binary people are non-binary'.
The motion comes at a time where hate crimes against trans and non-binary people in the UK are continuing to rise.
Just last week, LGBT Foundation severed ties with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after the organisation released ‘extremely damaging’ statements relating to conversion therapy legislation and reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA).
In addition, Stonewall said the two statements 'effectively seek to exclude trans people from improved rights and protections'.
Coun Jon-Connor Lyons said the Trans Rights motion was a chance for Manchester to take responsibility against the injustices facing trans people.
Coun Lyons said: “Manchester is a city of solidarity. In proposing this motion, I’m asking our city to not just recognise trans rights are human rights, but that it’s time to do more – it’s all our responsibility to act in the face of injustice.”
The motion, which will be heard on Wednesday (February 2), also mandates the City Council to write to the Government’s Secretary of State for Health and Adult Social Care to demand the government provides proper resources to improve access to healthcare for trans people.
Strategies to recruit more gender identity specialist clinicians and consulting trans and non-binary people in the creation of tailored healthcare are also mentioned.
The motion states that Manchester has 'a proud and recognised history of working to achieve equality of opportunity both within the Town Hall, across the city, and the world'.
The motion has already been backed by Councillor Annette Wright, for Hulme, Coun Becky Chambers, for Withington, Coun Marcus Johns, for Deansgate, and Coun Lee-Ann Igbon for Hulme.
Coun Chris Wills, Manchester Council’s Lead Member for Gay Men and Labour representative for Withington, has also backed the motion.
The motion is expected to pass with the governing Labour Party holding 93 out of the 96 seats.
