June Willmott

June Willmott was a British transgender rights activist, who co-organised the 1974 conference Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society. Quotes We hope, most fervently, that such better understanding may ultimately mean that the transvestite and the transsexual can walk freely abroad in Society, offending no-one, better understood by some, and, we hope, tolerated by all. Quoted in King, Dave; Ekins, Richard (2007). "The First UK Transgender Conferences, 1974 and 1975". Gendys. 39. Quotes about June Willmott For many who attended the conference it was a weekend of "firsts" - the first meeting with others of the same type, the first opportunity to be dressed outside one's own bedroom and for a whole day, the first meal in a public restaurant, the first time one could discuss the state with others and to find out what sort of people we were. And all of this we owed to June. Quoted in Rosemary King, Beaumont Bulletin (1978), in King, Dave; Ekins, Richard (2007). "The First UK Transgender Conferences, 1974 and 1975". Gendys. 39. Category:Women activists from the United Kingdom Category:Transgender rights activists