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Transgender Strategy Development Process

Transgender Strategy Development Process. Step 1 - Purpose Inform Council employees and all service users on their rights and responsibilities Support Use of Council services and facilities by individuals from the transgender community

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Transgender Strategy Development Process

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  1. Transgender Strategy Development Process

  2. Step 1 - Purpose • Inform • Council employees and all service users on their rights and responsibilities • Support • Use of Council services and facilities by individuals from the transgender community • Improve staff confidence and promote certainty in the delivery of excellent customer service • Encourage • Individuals from the transgender community to fully participate in public life; and • Access all available services • Change Perceptions • Work to change public perceptions of transgender community through the leadership and representational role of the Council

  3. Step 2 Identifying Stakeholders • External • Independent Public Bodies • Equality Commission • Human Rights Commission • Commissioner for Children and Young People • Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland • Charities & Transgender Representative Groups • Oyster Group • Rainbow Project • Transgender Forum • Youthnet • Internal • Councillors • Council employees

  4. Resources for information • Rainbow Project • Equality Commission • Transgender NI website • Equality and Human Rights Commission Step 3 - Legal framework Legislation • s75 (1) (a) Northern Ireland Act 1998 • Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 • The Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008 • Gender Recognition Act 2004 • Data Protection Act 1998

  5. Step 3 – Contd. Case law Examples of important cases • P v (1) S and (2) Cornwall County Council (1996 IRLR 347)(ECJ) – unstated sum of compensation • X v Brighton and Hove City Council [2006/7] - £34,765.18 Independent legal advice from Council legal advisors • Highlighted legal complexities surrounding access to facilities and services (including single sex changing facilities) which the Council should clarify within the transgender strategy

  6. Step 4 – Research Equality Commission Workshops • Good Practice on Transgender Issues • Good Practice on Trans Issues for Service Providers • Individuals from the transgender community provided details of their own personal experiences and highlighted the issues they faced Academic Publications • Consulted Ruari-Santiago McBride (QUB School of Sociology, Social Policy & Social Work) • Written widely on issues facing transgender people in Northern Ireland • Signposted to other academic work • Gender Variance in the UK: Prevalence, Incidence, Growth and Geographic Distribution (Reed, Rohdes, Schofield and Wylie, 2009) • Employment Discrimination and Transsexual People (Whittle)

  7. Step 4 – Research contd. • Guidance Documents • Provision of goods, facilities and services to trans people – guidance for public authorities in meeting your equality duties and human rights obligations, Equality and Human Rights Commission • Public bodies and the public sector duties relating to transsexual and transgender people: Report of findings and case studies (Rankin, Cowan, Morton and Stoakes, Equality and Human Rights Commission 2010) • Identified existing transgender policies/strategies in place in NI and GB • Belfast City Council Workforce LGBT Action Plan • Bromsgrove District Council, Sports and Leisure – Services and Facilities Access for Trans People – Access to sports facilities • Islington Council Transgender/Transsexual Policy – Internal policy providing information on ways in which Islington Council supports employees who are transitioning and Council recruitment considerations • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Transgender Policy – Employer duties

  8. *Step 5 – Draft document • Step 6 – Council approval of draft document to go for formal consultation • Step 7 – Pre Consultation • Rainbow Project • Ruari-Santiago McBride • Oyster – Transgender Peer Support Group • SAIL (Support, Acceptance, Information and Learning) – voluntary support group for family, friends and carers and individuals living with gender issues • Butterfly Club – The Belfast Butterfly Club is a support network for transgendered people and their families • Youth net – Safe space for young people up to the age of 25 to come together and discuss issues of gender and identity

  9. Step 8 – Formal Consultation • Internal • Service Unit Management Team • Staff Consultative Committee • Equality Working Group • Corporate Management Team • Internal & External Excellence Groups • External • Organisations on Council consultation list Step 9 – Review Consultation Responses and finalise draft Step 10 – Council Approval Step 11 – Implementation • Communication of document to Staff and Council groups and identify training requirements

  10. Step 12 – Review • Review implementation of document within 12 months and identify further areas for development • Why? • Strategy should be a living document • Did it meet initial purpose? • Inform • Council employees and service users • Support • Use of Council services and facilities • Improve staff confidence • Encourage • Participation and access to services • Change perceptions • Public perceptions • Staff surveys or 1-1 interviews • Feedback from stakeholder groups • Both internal and external groups

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