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Manchester campaigner Fiona Moinuddin has launched a new initiative asking city centre venues to show their support to the trans and non-binary community<\/p>\n‘Manchester must keep leading’Manchester campaigner Fiona Moinuddin has launched a new initiative asking city centre venues to show their support to the trans and non-binary community<\/p>\n
A Manchester activist has launched a \u2018loud and proud\u2019 campaign that she hopes businesses across the city will get involved with.<\/p>\n
Fiona Moinuddin, who recently launched a campaign to \u2018save\u2019 Northern Quarter’s Big Horn<\/a>, has now asked businesses across Manchester to put up window stickers in support of the trans and non-binary community.<\/p>\n The campaign, which has launched ahead of Manchester Pride this Bank Holiday weekend,<\/a> has been described as a \u2018bold symbol of safety, solidarity and respect\u2019 in light of the \u2018adversity\u2019 faced by the community in recent months.<\/p>\n Fiona, who lives in the city centre<\/a>, is inviting businesses to reach out and request the free stickers to be displayed prominently in shop fronts, in restaurant windows, and other venues to show their support.<\/p>\n Never miss a story with the MEN’s daily Catch Up newsletter – get it in your inbox by signing up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cRight now, trans people are facing so much adversity, from politics, from parts of the press, from a hostile national conversation,\u201d Fiona explained of the motivation for the campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cBut here in Manchester, I know there is love, solidarity and community for our trans neighbours. That\u2019s why I\u2019m launching this campaign for \u2018We Support Trans Rights\u2019 free window stickers for businesses across our city centre.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about painting our city with visible, unapologetic support -so trans people know they\u2019re welcome, they\u2019re valued, and they\u2019re safe here in Manchester. Let\u2019s show that Manchester stands with trans people – loudly and proudly. Let\u2019s flood the city with pride and solidarity, because trans rights are human rights, and Manchester stands with you.\u201d<\/p>\n Three years ago, Councillor Jon-Connor Lyons successfully moved a motion at Manchester City Council, which passed unanimously, declaring that \u2018trans men are men, trans women are women, non-binary people are non-binary, and trans rights are human rights\u2019.<\/p>\n The councillor, who represents the Piccadilly ward, also readied a motion which urged for a review of council services<\/a> ‘to ensure they are as accessible as possible to trans and non-binary people’.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman<\/a> should be based on biological sex following a legal dispute between the Scottish government and the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) dating back to 2018.<\/p>\n The move, in April, confirmed the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act ‘refer to a biological woman and biological sex’. The ruling was met with a backlash from the trans and non-binary community and their allies, whilst there were also concerns that it could lead to an impact on the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, which rules that those with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) have the legal right to live in their acquired gender.<\/p>\n \u201cTrans lives are under constant threat in the current climate,\u201d Councillor Lyons said backing Fiona\u2019s campaign. \u201cThat\u2019s why Manchester must keep leading, not just in words, but in every caf\u00e9 window, corner shop, and restaurant.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_AMR_MEN_190825_TR_03.jpg\")
A new campaign has been launched in Manchester city centre to show support to the trans and non-binary community<\/p>\n![\"Councillor](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_AMR_MEN_190825_TR.jpg\")
Councillor Jon-Connor Lyons, who represents for the Piccadilly ward, has backed the campaign<\/p>\n