• Fighting for Our Rights

    Throughout 2025, Eastbourne Transgender Association (in collaboration with Hailsham Queers) were quietly working on human rights issues. The research and correspondence involved have taken an enormous amount of time and energy, so we've chosen to make some of our work public with the intention that others can benefit from it.

  • Josh Babarinde OBE (MP for Eastbourne)

    After the Supreme Court ruling in April, we started getting reports from our members of a sharp increase in transphobia across Eastbourne. One of our founders decided to write to the Eastbourne MP on behalf of ETA, which was followed by an in-person meeting between Josh, two representatives from Eastbourne Borough Council, and a variety of our members.

  • Nusrat Ghani (MP for Wealden)

    After successfully obtaining a meeting with the Eastbourne MP, the founder of our friends at Hailsham Queers decided to write to the Wealden MP in collaboration with ETA. Whilst Nusrati was not able to help in her capacity as MP due to conflicts in her position as Deputy Speaker, she did pass along our letter to the office of the Minister for Equalities.

  • Venue (location redacted)

    After an incident involving trans+ exclusion at an Eastbourne venue, a series of emails were exchanged. Our joint official letter, sent in an effort to clarify and repair the situation, has been shared PURELY for informational purposes!

    Note that the information contained within it was correct at the time of writing, and may no longer reflect the current legal situation.

  • CC Jo Shiner KPM (Head of Sussex Police )

    After a series of ongoing issues involving the handling of trans+ hate crime and some teething troubles with the role of the newly-created LGBT+ Liaison Officer, the founders of ETA and HQ both collaborated on a letter to the head of Sussex Police. Since then, we have been in regular contact with the officer in charge of hate crimes across Eastbourne and are working with them to make improvements.

  • Dame Nia Griffith NBE (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Minister for Equalities)

    Following on from the HQ letter to the Wealden MP, their founder received a response from Dame Griffith. They chose to take the opportunity for open dialogue with a key government official involved in the review of the EHRC Code of Practice, and replied with a further letter CCd to both the Wealden MP and Bridgit Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities.

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