Labour for Trans Rights

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| abbreviation = LfTR

| formation = February 2020

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| type = Transgender and non-binary rights organisation, labour movement and pressure group

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| purpose = To campaign for trans and non-binary rights within the Labour movement, and oppose trans-exclusionary feminism.

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Labour for Trans Rights (LfTR), previously known as the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights (LCTR), is a British pressure group within the Labour Party, founded in February 2020.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Torr |title=For Trans Liberation |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/02/the-labour-campaign-for-trans-rights |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Tribune |date=11 February 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Nick |title=Labour Campaign for Trans Rights launches to challenge transphobic rhetoric within party |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/11/labour-campaign-trans-rights-launch-transphobia-anti-trans-angela-rayner/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=PinkNews |date=11 February 2020}}

During a leadership election that month, the group issued a 12-point programme which called for the expulsion of Labour members who belong to what they described as hate groups, or which expressed what they said were bigoted, transphobic views.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jessica |title=Labour leadership: Long-Bailey backs call to expel 'transphobic' members |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51465800 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=BBC News |date=12 February 2020}} Two of the groups they described as hate groups were Woman's Place UK and the LGB Alliance, which have been described by the LCTR as "trans-exclusionist".{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Matthew |title=Labour leadership contenders split over trans group pledge card |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/13/labour-leadership-contenders-split-over-trans-group-pledge-card |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=13 February 2020}} This was criticised by Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS),{{cite news |last1=Serwotka |first1=Mark |title=The drive to expel feminists from Labour is creating a hostile environment for women |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/drive-expel-feminists-labour-creating-hostile-environment-women |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Morning Star |date=20 February 2020}} and led to the #expelme tag among some Labour members.{{cite news |title=Labour transgender campaign angers women's rights groups |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-transgender-campaign-angers-womens-rights-groups-11932327 |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=Sky News |date=12 February 2020}}

The pledge was supported by candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy, but not by Keir Starmer, who later became leader of the party. Starmer endorsed a "less contentious 10-point pledge" from LGBT+ Labour.

In 2022, the group dissolved into what is now known as Labour for Trans Rights. Since then, they have spoken out against senior Labour figures and their support for the Cass review.{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://twitter.com/Lab4TransRights/status/1777993054856651109 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}