The Truth About Gender Diversity

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This week’s poll

One question a week, answered by the people it is actually about.

Week of 12 October Open until Monday

Who do you turn to first when gender services let you down?

Thank you. I am keeping the answers to myself until Monday morning, so that nobody's vote nudges anybody else's. Come back then and I will show you the whole picture.

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Arizona puts trans people's rights to a ballot vote

21 October 2026
Insight7 min read

Puberty blockers: approved for some, banned for others

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Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women?

21 October 2026
Quiz

Am I trans?

Three quiet questions to help you listen to yourself.

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The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women's sports

21 October 2026
News

A teenager just wanted to run. Adults made her a target.

20 October 2026
Real Life7 min read

Finding chosen family when your parents reject you

Yara was seventeen when her home went cold, and what followed was not a loss but a discovery: that family can be chosen, and sometimes the people who choose you love you better…

News

Teacher barred after deadnaming pupil raises £46k for fresh appeal

20 October 2026
If only acceptance came as easily as a bag of yellow plums 🏳️‍⚧️
Inspiration

If only acceptance came as easily as a bag of yellow plums 🏳️‍⚧️

Real Life10 min read

Finding out your body had a secret kept from you

Tariq was forty-one when a scan revealed an intersex condition his family had known about since his birth, and the question that followed changed everything he thought he knew…

News

The Voice singer Ciiara Nyx says music helped her navigate her trans identity

18 October 2026
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Beyond depathologisation: Securing the right to health for trans communities

18 October 2026
News

I'm trans – why don't I belong on a women's ward?

17 October 2026
News

Trans protesters rush Harry Potter premiere red carpet

16 October 2026
Quiz

What are my pronouns?

Try she, he and they on for size. Nothing fixed, no pressure.

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Real Life6 min read

When a friend came back after I came out

A close friend drifted away after a coming out, then reappeared two years later with an apology and two coffees.

News

Texas GOP leader says anti-trans ads are not working

16 October 2026
Still standing, even after everything. 🏚️
Inspiration

Still standing, even after everything. 🏚️

Real Life7 min read

Stepping outside as yourself for the first time

Dani stood at her front door for eleven minutes before she finally stepped outside as herself, and what she found on the other side was sunshine, a dog barking, and a world that…

News

A girl just wanted to run. Then came the protest.

15 October 2026
News

'Cyclone': the Hong Kong indie that kept Tony Leung awake

14 October 2026
News

Sam Forstag refuses to throw trans people under the bus

14 October 2026
News

He murdered a woman. A court overturned his conviction because the victim was trans.

14 October 2026
News

Daughters of the American Revolution axes chapter that challenged transgender membership

13 October 2026
Real Life7 min read

When love outruns the words: a grandmother and Sora

Sora's grandmother never learned the vocabulary, but she knew her grandchild completely, and on a quiet December morning she relabelled the Christmas stocking without anyone…

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