00:00And I would like to start with you, lady, if I may, and I would like you to tell us, if you can, about your personal struggles as a transgender female, please.
00:10Thank you, everyone. My name is Samantha. I was born in Iraq as a transgender female, and it was quite a struggle towards my childhood, because if you Google Iraqi transsexuals, you will find my name, Samantha Cain, and you'll find them.
00:30And Azad, who unfortunately got killed by owner-killing, what's so-called owner-killing. So it was quite tough. I came to this country in a T-76, and it was also tough in here for our GPT generally, but we struggled, and this resilience, what I always, I hope everyone agree with me, because we've got to be resilient, and we've got to fight on, and this time,
01:00very much.
01:07And we've been a struggle also lately, because in a rural community in the island we want to stop any hate whatsoever.
01:18So, you train as a human rights lawyer to support the community.
01:31So, from this fantastic position that you are in to tell us and to educate us,
01:37what is your interpretation of the current long progress for the LGBTQ community?
01:42For LGBT community, of course, it has been a progress since the 70s and 80s,
01:50the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010.
01:55But for the trans community, unfortunately, it's a bit of a setback.
02:00Many of you have heard about the recent case and it was really quite a misinterpreted issue
02:10because it's not for judges and lawyers to define who's women or not.
02:17And the media, you know, sensationalized this and obviously there was a backlash against us,
02:26black gender, females.
02:29But we will fight on, you know, in our rules.
02:35Thank you so so much for sharing that with us.
02:51Please give her a hand.
02:57Thank you for sharing your time with us.
02:59Thank you so much.
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