16 results for "advocacy"
Transitioning at 62 is absolutely possible, and people do it successfully all the time. I've been told about someone transitioning in Australia in under four…
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…
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…
You're doing a fantastic job. Just believing and supporting your child means the absolute world to them. Parental acceptance is one of the most powerful…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
The only debate worth having about trans people is how to help them live their lives more easily. Every other framing, whether trans people exist, whether they…
Puberty blockers are banned on private prescription for trans young people in the UK, and NHS access has become effectively impossible. Many families I hear…
It's time to really understand the beauty of diversity, the meaning of equality, and how to include everyone so that we all have a place in this world.…
Trans people have always existed, across cultures and throughout recorded history. The only question each generation faces is how they are treated. The…
Rosa spent her eighties being called the wrong name by carers who did not know her story, until her daughter taped a photo and a note to the door so every…
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…
Eleni knew her son before any school policy did, and spent months quoting the school's own rules back to staff until he was simply allowed to be himself in…