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Vorlage:Proposed deletion/dated Vorlage:Infobox person Aimee Challenor is a British politician and transgender activist and former spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales. In 2017, she stood for election in Coventry South, receiving 1.3% of the votes. In 2018, her father, who had been serving as her election agent, was convicted and jailed for sexual offences against a child, leading to Challenor's suspension from the party during an investigation. She later resigned.

Personal life

Although assigned male at birth, Challenor says she realised she was a girl around the age of 10, but her parents were unaware of the existence of trans people.[1] Challenor and her two siblings were taken into care in 2013.[2][3] Challenor came out as trans in 2014; she tells of experiencing anxiety and depression as well as online harassment.[4]

As a child, Challenor was diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder.[5] She attended Henley College Coventry, where she was the college's NUS LGBT officer.[6][7] Challenor is studying for a B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics at the Open University.[8]

Political career

Challenor joined the Green Party of England and Wales in November 2014. She was the chair of LGBTIQA+ Greens between 2015 and 2017.[9] Challenor became the party's equality spokesperson in 2016.[8] According to the Green Party, Challenor was the only trans spokesperson for a UK political party.[10]

In 2017, Challenor was the Green candidate for Coventry South. She received 1.3% of the vote share, with 604 votes.[11] Challenor stood for Coventry City Council elections as a member of the Green Party in February 2016[12] and May 2016.[13] She stood in a May 2018 local election.[14] She was not elected.

Deputy leadership campaign and father's arrest

Challenor stood in the summer 2018 election to be deputy leader of the Green Party.

In August 2018, Challenor's father David Challenor was sentenced to 22 years in prison for raping and torturing a 10-year-old girl in the attic of the home shared by him, Aimee and Tina Challenor. Challenor's father was reported to the police in 2015 and charged in November 2016. Following this, Challenor chose her father as her election agent for the 2017 general election and also the 2018 council elections. After her father's sentencing, Challenor – who insists she did not know the allegations against her father in full – stood down from the Green Party's deputy leadership election.[14][2][3][15] She was consequently suspended from the party on a no-fault basis, and the party launched an inquest into possible safeguarding failures as David was allowed to act as Aimee's election agent after having been charged.[16]

In September 2018, Challenor resigned from the Green Party citing transphobia.[17] She went on to join the Liberal Democrats.[18]

LGBT activism

In 2015, Challenor was the LGBTQ Officer for Henley College Coventry; she protested the college's censoring of websites such as Birmingham Pride, which were considered "Gay or Lesbian or Bisexual Interest" by the college web blocker.[6][7] Challenor was an organiser of Coventry Pride in 2016 and 2017.[19][20]

After a Transport for London (TfL) helpline employee told Challenor that she "didn't sound like a Miss", she successfully campaigned to get TfL to investigate the incident and to use gender-neutral language in announcements, avoiding phrases such as "ladies and gentlemen".[21][22]

In May 2018, the BBC published an article that quoted writer Miranda Yardley describing Challenor as a "man". Challenor said that the BBC did not contact her about the article before its publication, though following readers' complaints she was asked to comment, and her response was added to the article.[23][24]

Challenor is a member of Stonewall's Trans Advisory Group.[25]

References

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  1. ↑ Debbie Andalo: Growing up transgender: 'I wish I could have come out younger' In: The Guardian, 11 May 2017. Abgerufen im 28 August 2018 
  2. ↑ a b Andrew Gilligan: Aimee Challenor: rising Green Party star quits deputy race over rapist father. In: The Sunday Times. 26. August 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Peter Walker: Greens rising star quits deputy leader race after father jailed for rape. In: The Guardian. 27. August 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  4. ↑ Lisa Woods: Behind the rainbows: speaking to Aimee Challenor about mental health within the LGBTIQA+ community. Break Forth, 19. Juli 2017, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  5. ↑ Louise Ridley: These 9 People's Stories Of Equality Show Birmingham At Its Best. In: HuffPost. 4. Juli 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Rebecca Cooney: Internet block on LGBT websites 'sends out wrong message'. In: FE Week. 19. Januar 2015, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  7. ↑ a b Naith Payton: College blocks students from accessing LGBT sites In: PinkNews, 13 January 2015. Abgerufen im 30 August 2018 
  8. ↑ a b Alfie Packham: Aimee Challenor: 'Yes, I'm trans, but I'm a Green politician and proud of it'. In: The Guardian. 6. Juni 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  9. ↑ LGBTIQA+ Greens | Aimee Challenor. Green Party of England and Wales, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  10. ↑ Kate Forrester: Greens Take Aim At Lib Dems With LGBT Manifesto Launch In Church In: HuffPost, 28 April 2017. Abgerufen im 27 August 2018 
  11. ↑ Coventry South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017. BBC, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  12. ↑ Lower Stoke by-election 11 February 2016. Coventry City Council, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  13. ↑ Coventry City Council (local) election results - 5 May 2016. Coventry City Council, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  14. ↑ a b Adam Smith: Green politician pulls out of deputy leadership race over child rapist father. In: Metro. 26. August 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  15. ↑ Shehab Khan: Greens deputy leadership candidate quits election race after father jailed for raping a child. In: The Independent. 27. August 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  16. ↑ Peter Walker: Green party launches inquiry as it suspends Aimee Challenor In: The Guardian, 31 August 2018 
  17. ↑ Activist quits Greens over 'transphobia' In: BBC News, 4 September 2018 
  18. ↑ Aimee Challenor: Aimee Challenor on Twitter. In: Twitter. Abgerufen am 29. September 2018 (englisch).
  19. ↑ Laura Hartley: Hundreds gather for Coventry Pride In: Coventry Telegraph, 18 June 2016. Abgerufen im 27 August 2018 
  20. ↑ Coventry Pride's LGBT Community Plans and Progress In: iCov, 16. November 2017. Abgerufen am 29. August 2018 
  21. ↑ Lucy Pasha-Robinson: Sadiq Khan looks to scrap gender specific announcements on London trains and buses In: The Independent, 8 December 2016. Abgerufen im 27 August 2018 
  22. ↑ Francesca Gillett: TfL scraps 'ladies and gentlemen' announcements in bid to be more gender-neutral In: London Evening Standard, 12 July 2017. Abgerufen im 27 August 2018 
  23. ↑ Twitter 'bans women against trans ideology', say feminists. BBC, 30. Mai 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  24. ↑ Aimee Challenor: It's hard tackling transphobia when the BBC propagate it. In: i. 30. Mai 2018, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
  25. ↑ Trans Advisory Group. Stonewall, abgerufen am 27. August 2018.
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