The trailblazing Publisher has been awarded the title due to her work supporting and helping the trans community
BY DIVA STAFF, IMAGE BY TRANS IN THE CITY
DIVA Publisher and founder of Lesbian Visibility Week Linda Riley has been made a Trans In The City Champion.
Trans In The City is the world’s largest organisation for trans and non-binary people in business, founded in 2017 by CEO Bobbi Pickard. Trans In The City has three main goals: to educate, to demonstrate, and to celebrate trans people in industries and businesses.
Linda Riley was previously awarded the Trans In The City Trans Ally award in 2021 for her work in supporting the trans community. In her speech, she said: “I’ve grown up in the 1980s and 1970s being a lesbian and I’ve gone through times where I’ve come out of the bathroom and women have gone off to get their boyfriends to protect them. There’s no way I’m going to stand back and hear the same stuff said about me 30 years ago said about trans women now.”
Alongside Linda, singer and actress Mzz Kimberley has also been made a Trans In The City Champion.
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