Back row Bernard, Helen, Stephanie and Ros Middle Row Myka, Di, Janeen, David and Yvonne Front Row Alex, Kate, Andrea, Christine B, Stephen, and Christine A

It was one of the hottest days of June 1996, when the key activists and leaders of the Press for Change campaign got together in London for our annual strategy review.

Barely a month after our first significant success, in securing employment protection for transsexuals throughout Europe, we gathered to discuss the plans for what will most surely be remembered as the most significant year in the campaign’s brief history.

Every person you see in this photograph, except two, has lost significant everyday rights and freedoms which people normally take for granted … simply as a result of being diagnosed with and treated for the medical condition known as Gender Identity Disorder.

The other two have lost their rights through simply loving or caring for somebody in that position.

And that’s why we all give our time and effort to this cause.