Angela Helen Clayton (1959 – 2014)

Angela Helen Clayton MBE (1959 – 2014) was an internationally known physicist working in the fields of Nuclear Criticality Safety and Health Physics. She was also a campaigner for the rights of transgender people.

Her early interactions with medical practitioners were described as traumatic, leading her to transition without medical support. After living several years as a woman, she reengaged with medical practitioners to obtain surgery. She worked as a campaigner with Press for Change beginning in 1999 and later served as their vice-president. Her interest in the role of trade unions in promoting equality for trans people led her to become the first “trans observer” to the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) LGBT Committee. She was also involved in the development and implementation of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in June 2005 "for services to gender issues". Clayton was a speaker at the Greater London LGBT Organising Day in February 2008. She contributed to the "Trans Data Position Paper" for the National Statistics: UK Statistics Authority in 2009.