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.

37 people have answered so far

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Transgender teenager sues Essentia Health after 5 years of care abruptly ends

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28 October 2026
Quiz

What are my pronouns?

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

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Telling my children I am their mum now

Farah, recently separated, sat her two young children down to say she was their mum now, and discovered that her six-year-old cared most about the bedtime voices.

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Erika Hilton: the Black trans politician reshaping Brazilian power

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Being trans and a person of colour

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Living behind a thick skin: life as a trans woman over 6ft tall

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Explaining being non-binary to parents who don't get it

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