Helen Clare Belcher OBE (born 30 October 1963) is a British transgender activist and Liberal Democrat politician. She has been featured in The Independent on Sunday's Rainbow List for her work on LGBT issues, particularly those affecting the trans community.[1][2] In 2010 she co-founded Trans Media Watch,[3] a trans-awareness charity for which she appeared on Newsnight.[4] Belcher is a Wiltshire Councillor and the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, having previously stood for Parliament in Chippenham.[5][6]
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- ^ "Rainbow List 2015: 1 to 101". The Independent. London. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Belcher, Helen (20 September 2013). "Greater London Authority 2013: How Trans People are Represented in the Media" (PDF). Mayor of London. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ ""It's very costly… it's an opaque process, it's not accountable to anybody and there's no right to appeal." Helen Belcher from Trans Media Watch explains what's wrong with the current gender recognition process #newsnight |@HelenCBelcherpic.twitter.com/lOKLKLhKgj". BBC Newsnight. 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Chippenham – 2017 Election Results". Elections Online. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Meet the trans campaigner who wants to be an MP". Newbury Today. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.