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The Supreme Court is about to rule on trans athletes. Here is what is really at stake.
Tell the world how proud you are to be you today 🏳️⚧️
Am I trans?
Three quiet questions to help you listen to yourself.
Try the quiz →How to find the right surgeon for gender-affirming surgery
The best way to find the right surgeon for gender-affirming surgery is to ask people who have already had the procedure. Peer networks, online communities, and support groups hold …
What Mara taught the teenager she used to be
Mara spent a decade finding her way without a guide, then became one for a frightened teenager, and discovered that teaching someone else the map changed her too.
Ariana Grande launches foundation for LGBTQ+ rights and mental health
Join Me on the Right Side of History
Trans people have always existed, across cultures and throughout recorded history. The only question each generation faces is how they are treated. The historical record is clear: …
Counselling should support you, not question you
Counselling is genuinely helpful for trans people and for people who support them, but only when it is affirmative and supportive. Good counselling helps you navigate real challeng…
Northern Ireland commissions Cass to assess its gender identity services
What it feels like to be free of unwanted body bits!
Marco had avoided swimming for a decade until top surgery gave him back something he hadn't dared name as lost.
NYC opens a gender-affirming care clinic as federal pressure bites
May your day be every bit as good as your first cup of tea 🍵
Plan, be kind to yourself, and keep going
The biggest message I'd give anyone navigating transition or any kind of identity work is this: plan carefully, hold the plan lightly, and don't be hard on yourself when things don…
Social transition: becoming yourself before any medical step
A person who thought transition meant medicine and waiting lists discovers most of becoming themselves was already theirs to take.
The BMA on the EHRC code: what it means for trans patients and doctors
IOC's 'heartbreaking' return to gene testing slammed by trans, intersex athletes
What are my pronouns?
Try she, he and they on for size. Nothing fixed, no pressure.
Try the quiz →Non-binary people deserve healthcare too
Non-binary people are entitled to the same quality of gender-affirming healthcare as anyone else, and international guidelines including the WPATH Standards of Care 8 and the Endoc…
Trans, black, tall, short - they are just adjectives to the word 'Woman'
Trans women are women, and the refusal to recognise them as such follows a well-documented historical pattern. Angela Y Davis has shown how Black women were once excluded from "rea…
Men Can Get Pregnant, Too: Providing Obstetric Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients
Trans woman and partner trying for a baby
A trans woman and her partner map a route to parenthood through frozen sperm, clinic appointments, and paperwork, learning that trans families are made with as much intention and l…
Gender-affirming care protected in New Mexico, but not always easy to access
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The real harm of transphobia: mental health and suicide
The harm caused by transphobia is not abstract. It manifests in anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicide attempts, disproportionately and consistently, among trans and LGBTQ+ pe…
What top surgery recovery actually feels like
Rohan dreaded the recovery weeks after top surgery, until his friend stayed for every boring, undramatic, necessary day of it.
These brands deserted Pride Month. It could cost them.
Saratoga library plans transgender, non-binary name change clinic
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