Being trans is not a footnote to your life. Pride does not require you to have reached a particular stage, passed any threshold, or earned the right through suffering. Visibility, …

Three quiet questions to help you listen to yourself.
Try the quiz →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 tha…
The EHRC Code of Practice is guidance that tells employers and service providers how to interpret the Equality Act 2010. Updated after the 2025 Supreme Court ruling in For Women Sc…

The Tavistock's GIDS service had genuine structural failures, including years-long waiting times and insufficient mental health provision. These deserved scrutiny. But the Cass Rev…
Detransition narratives are being selectively amplified by anti-trans political movements to misrepresent the overall evidence on gender-affirming care, which consistently shows be…


The UK government's own Equality Impact Assessment warns that directing trans women into male services creates a disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault, and increases…
Theo paused his testosterone, carried his son through nine months of forms that kept calling him mother, and held the baby who would only ever know him as Dad.

Try she, he and they on for size. Nothing fixed, no pressure.
Try the quiz →I'm Dr Helen Webberley, a doctor, a mum, and a gender specialist. Over the last ten years I've learned everything I can about gender identity and what it means to be transgender. I…
Parents and carers of children treated at WellBN Practice in Surrey and Sussex have issued a public statement condemning the way the local Integrated Care Board has handled its pre…


World Laughter Day. Share with me your stories about trans people, about trans healthcare, about trans beautiful lives, and how they made you laugh with joy. The in-jokes, the tend…
The local figure everyone knew by sight transitions in a small town with no place to hide, weathers the gossip, and finds the community stretches much further than anyone expected.

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