Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain

No such breakthrough ever materialised, and the relationship between trans people and the law during this time was therefore defined mainly by invisibility and alienation. The general popularity of the Marriage Act 2013 across political lines increased receptiveness to GRA reform among leading politicians, who began to see self-declaration as the new equality frontier. Cooper et al., Abolishing Legal Sex Status: The Challenge and Consequences of Gender Related Law Reform (London: Future of Legal Gender Project, 2022), p. Cretney, ‘The Nullity of Marriage Act’, Modern Law Review, vol.