Journeys

This week a BBC programme drew BBC management's attention to an internal training session for new staff which appeared to exhort campaigning for trans rights.  The company who provided the training are called Global Butterflies; the BBC says slides and training materials have now been amended. 

Global Butterflies was founded in 2015 by Rachel Reese, who explained her 'journey into activism' to the website Give Out, thus.. 

"I transitioned twice. The first time was in the mid-nineties when I came out of Law School and tried to get a job in law. I couldn’t as a trans women, so I reverted back to male expression and got a job at the University of Law. Back then, the legal profession certainly had no representation, no rainbow flags outside law firms. It was a difficult place, and I wanted to get a job as a trans woman. Once I felt comfortable and safe at the University of Law, I transitioned for the second time."