The "social contagion" and "sterilising children" framing is coordinated anti-trans rhetoric, not peer-reviewed science. The concept of rapid-onset gender dysphoria was derived fro…
Paul Mescal publicly declared his support for the trans community ahead of London Trans+ Pride this July, stating: "I'm incredibly proud to stand in support of my trans friends and…
Three quiet questions to help you listen to yourself.
Try the quiz →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…
Labour's hardening stance on trans rights represents what many trans people experience as institutional betrayal: a party that offered genuine solidarity language before the 2024 e…

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…
Even without hormones, the steps you can take right now, your clothes, your hair, your name, your pronouns, and the way you present yourself to the world, can make a tremendous dif…


The government's draft guidance on single-sex spaces contains a direct contradiction: it states that members of the public do not have the right to challenge one another on sex, th…
Bea went silent the night her eight-year-old said she was a girl, and spent the morning afraid she had broken everything, until she sat back down on the bed.

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Try the quiz →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: …
I'm Dr Helen Webberley. I'm a doctor, a mum, and a gender specialist, and for the last decade and more I've spent most of my waking hours learning everything I can about gender ide…


Misgendering means using the wrong pronouns or gender for someone, and deadnaming means using the name they were given at birth after they have asked you to use a different one. Bo…
Rohan dreaded the recovery weeks after top surgery, until his friend stayed for every boring, undramatic, necessary day of it.

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