TLG was set up in response to the announcement of Your Party, aiming to intervene in Your Party to build a member-controlled party to fight for a worker-controlled government, with trans liberation at its core. Our Demands, Member Expectations, and Interim Governance Structure were established to allow us to quickly intervene in the party’s Founding Conference.

Our Interim Governance Structure contains a commitment to draft a new constitution once the position and trajectory of Your Party became clearer, and now that we have seen that opportunities for working within Your Party to build the party that we need have been significantly diminished, both from what they were when the party was announced and from what we hoped they would be, we have begun that process, to establish ourselves as an independent organisation, working with people in Your Party, other parties, and no party at all, to build a nation-wide socialist organisation for trans liberation.

We are still working with our interim structure, but we have already begun drafting our new constitution, and are working towards holding a refounding conference, where we will officially discuss, vote on, and adopt a Trans Liberation Group Constitution to replace this interim structure.

Joining Trans Liberation Group

The Trans Liberation Group (TLG) is a member organisation of trans activists and cis allies from across the British left who are committed to building a nation-wide organisation for trans liberation. Some of us are experienced campaigners, some of us are part of other organisations, and for some this is their first foray into political organisation; we are all united in the struggle for trans liberation. The liberation of all marginalised people can only be achieved through their active and equal participation in class struggle; there can only be a precarious freedom for some under current conditions. We are not a pressure group, a charity or a social endeavour - it is our prerogative to build an explicitly socialist political organisation to win trans liberation through organised action and active campaigning. We welcome all who can contribute to these ends and agree to follow our member expectations.

Member expectations

1. We are here to organise and have an impact on the founding of Your Party. There is a need for swift and considered action to be ready in time.
2. The Trans Liberation Group has a list of demands that make up our preliminary platform - you must be aligned with these to join the group.
3. We are a democratic organisation and welcome members to contribute their opinions and engage in comradely debate. Once a collective decision is made:
1. It becomes group policy and it becomes the duty of members to honour it and carry out actions related to its implementation.
2. Members who disagree are entitled to hold minority opinions and organise internally to revisit the issue on future occasions.
3. Members with minority opinions are not to be discriminated against, bullied or excluded.
4. To ensure the swift running of meetings, members are expected to:
1. Submit any agenda points, documents or motions in good time to the meeting chair so that members have ample time to familiarise themselves.
2. Read through published materials ahead of time when they are made available. This is of particular importance if you are wishing to contribute to a debate regarding any documents.
3. Raise their hand if they wish to contribute. The chair will call you to contribute.
4. Speak respectfully and constructively to fellow members.
5. Be aware of time limits and maintain relevancy to the agenda.
5. Due to the fact we are a trans organisation and may be targeted by external malicious actors, members are expected to:
1. Keep the composition (including membership) of this group private to protect individual participants. We wish all comrades the opportunity to present as their authentic selves in the TLG.
2. Maintain confidentiality regarding any documents, policies or debates not marked for dissemination to the public.
6. Members are expected to attend all member meetings and give apologies when unable to make meetings. This will take the form of a message to the chair of the meeting or letting another comrade in attendance read out your apologies.
1. There is an expectation to be part of organising within TLG - this can take the form of active participation in a working group, attending meetings, submitting proposals or contributing to the debate. Organising within Your Party and promoting the TLG programme is a valid form of participation. Talking in instant messaging chats is not considered an active form of participation.
2. If a member misses meetings consistently, or doesn’t fulfil the activity set out in 6a, without submitting apologies, the member will be contacted by someone within the Steering Committee or delegated authority to discuss barriers to participation and future membership of the group. If there is no response for a month after at least three contact attempts to have this conversation they will be removed for inactivity.
3. If members feel like they are struggling to fulfill duties, are having difficulties, or don’t know where to start, please reach out to members of the Steering Committee or other delegated authority.

We also recommend that prospective members read our governance structure before joining although this is not required and will be explained during the onboarding process.