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Insight Transitioning at 62: it is absolutely time to go for it

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…

Insight Even without hormones, you can make a real difference

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…

Insight What testosterone actually does long-term

The long-term effects of testosterone are well understood. It drops your voice, grows facial and body hair, develops and broadens your muscles and skeleton,…

Insight I'm Dr Helen Webberley, gender specialist

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…

Insight 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…

Insight Womanhood isn't a club, it's a lived experience

What is a woman anyway? It's the question everyone suddenly thinks they're philosophers about. So let's try it their way. Is it chromosomes, makeup, dresses?…

Insight Share your trans joy this World Laughter Day

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.…

Insight 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…

Insight Trans women are women. So what is a woman?

If you are looking for a neat biological checkbox, you have missed the point, and the century. The truth is simple: trans women are women, trans men are men,…

Insight Trans rights are the defining battle of our time

Trans rights are the defining civil rights struggle of our generation, as race equality was in the 1960s and gay rights were in the decades that followed. I…

Insight Doctor, mum, gender specialist: who is Helen Webberley?

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…

Insight 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…

Insight 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…

Insight What will they put on my death certificate?

Without a Gender Recognition Certificate, a death certificate in England and Wales will generally record the gender on the birth certificate rather than a…

Insight Just listen to yourself

Listen to yourself. Listen to how you feel, what lands right when someone uses a particular name or pronoun, what feels good in the mirror, what clothes feel…

Insight Dehumanising language about trans people at work

When workplace materials use dehumanising language about trans people, the right move is to act now rather than wait. Document the specific language, raise it…

Insight Why it takes so long to come into your gender identity

Coming into a gender identity takes a long time. There is years of soul-searching, self-questioning, research, and quiet planning before any visible step,…

Insight Puberty blockers are unavailable in the UK. What parents are doing instead

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…

Insight Trans people in prison: what are their rights?

Trans people in prison have legal rights to dignity, safety, and protection from discrimination. The Equality Act 2010 protects them through the characteristic…

Insight 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…

Insight We All Have a Place in This World

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.…

Insight 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…

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Real Lives Using public toilets as a trans person

A trans woman learns to navigate the daily calculation of which door to push open, and discovers that the law and lived reality rarely feel the same.

Real Lives Travelling while trans: the cost of getting there

A trans woman travels alone for the first time on a new passport and discovers that the planning was the point all along.

Real Lives Being trans and disabled: navigating two systems

A young wheelchair user and their carer find that gender services and disability services each act as if the other does not exist, until one small act of…

Real Lives When a father chose his daughter over his certainty

Darya's father said the wrong thing first, but chose his daughter over his certainty and became the man she needed him to be.

Real Lives 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…

Real Lives Stepping outside as yourself for the first time

Dani stood at her front door for eleven minutes before she finally stepped outside as herself, and what she found on the other side was sunshine, a dog…

Real Lives Pausing your transition does not make you a fraud

A person who paused a medical step and spent months certain they were a fraud finds, slowly, that the pause was part of the path.

Real Lives When love outruns the words: a grandmother and Sora

Sora's grandmother never learned the vocabulary, but she knew her grandchild completely, and on a quiet December morning she relabelled the Christmas stocking…

Real Lives Did I make my child trans by being too accepting when they were young?

Sam's parents let him play with whatever caught his eye, then feared that openness had made him trans. It had only made him safe enough to be known.

Real Lives Can you really not identify as male or female?

Ro had spent years quietly performing a gender that never quite fit, until a Thursday afternoon conversation in a bookshop handed something back to them they…

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News Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops, appeals court rules

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the Trump administration's Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops…

News Northern Ireland uses the Cass Review to shape trans youth care, and that's a problem

Northern Ireland's Health Minister has published an assessment of its Gender Identity Services, written by Dr Hilary Cass and measuring local provision against…

News California gov candidate Tom Steyer takes strong stand for trans rights in school sports

Tom Steyer, running for California governor, made an unequivocal case for trans student-athletes being allowed to play on teams matching their gender identity,…

News Maine wants to put trans children's rights to a public vote

Maine's Secretary of State has released the final wording of a proposed referendum that would ban trans children from using school facilities and competing in…

News Northern Ireland's trans health assessment: progress or more delay?

Northern Ireland has long been among the worst-served parts of the UK for gender-affirming healthcare, with no commissioned adult gender identity service. The…

News How to recognise if you or your child is transgender

Drawing on world-leading medical guidelines, Dr Webberley answers the most important questions about recognising a transgender identity in yourself, your…

News Gender identity, expression and sexuality are separate things

Two identical twins raised with complete freedom show us why gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality are distinct aspects of who we are.

News How to support someone who's come out to you

When someone shares their gender identity with you, they're showing tremendous trust—here's how to be the ally they need.

News Letter to parents navigating their child's gender identity

Helen Webberley offers reassurance and practical guidance to parents supporting children questioning their gender identity at school.

News Council of Europe bans conversion practices. What comes next?

A landmark ban on conversion practices is welcome, but we need to recognise the hidden forms of therapy that still attempt to change people's gender identity…

News Employment tribunal rules on trans women and workplace facilities

A recent employment tribunal decision upholds the right of trans women to use facilities consistent with their gender identity in the workplace.

News Understanding when children recognise their gender identity

Dr Michelle Forcier, a leading gender specialist, discusses the developmental stages at which children understand and express their gender identity.

News Studio conversation with Dr Hilary Jones on gender identity

Dr Webberley reflects on a recent filmed interview with Dr Hilary Jones, featuring lived experience from a trans woman.

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