Does anyone know when Stonewall expanded the trans umbrella to include transvestites et al?

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Did they originally just include transexuals as the T - or was it the whole shebang from the beginning?

Anyone have a date - or timeline ?

Or point me in the direction of where to look?

Check out Mr Menno. He did a while YouTube thing on this

This is one I was thinking of

I think it was 2015 they officially adopted the trans cause, but it had been discussed since around 2013.

I can’t recall what the glossary said to start with, but I think by 2018 it included transvestites.

You could check out the various iterations of Stonewall’s glossary on archive.org to see what changed when.

Lots of background here

https://womenspeakscotland.com/2021/06/23/the-trans-umbrella-is-older-than-you-think/

It's not specifically about Stonewall, but it does say that they took on the trans cause (with crossdressers included under their trans umbrella) in 2015. The earliest version of the all-encompassing trans umbrella was in 1994 (not Stonewall, this is from an American organisation). This included 'crossdresser’, ‘transvestic fetishist’ and ‘transvestite’.

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/our-history scroll down and it tells you

Malcolm Clark had a thread on X about Ruth Hunt's takeover of Stonewall which is very interesting.

nitter.net/TwisterFilm/status/1866516103633215763#m

Transvestites no longer come under the trans umbrella according to Stonewall.

Up until 24th June last year (2024) Stonewall had crossdressers in its list of transgender categories. As from that date, they are not included.

Julie Bindel has written about this.
https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/twenty-years-a-target-of-the-trans

thank you all - a good overview.... I'll mull over them this weekend.