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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 Red blood cells and testosterone: what changes and why

Testosterone causes red blood cells to become larger, denser, and more numerous, which is exactly what happens in any body running on testosterone. For trans…

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 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 Your birth certificate, corrected

Legally transitioning means changing your legal documents so they reflect who you are, and the most significant of those is your birth certificate. In the UK,…

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 Anti-trans hostility harms cis people too

When people claim to be standing up for women by opposing trans rights, they are not being honest. The parameters of who counts as a real woman keep narrowing,…

Insight Paul Mescal speaks out for trans rights ahead of London Trans+ Pride

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…

Insight Angela Davis: gender diversity is everyone's fight

Angela Y Davis argues that refusing to acknowledge the full diversity of gender, cisgender, transgender, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming, disarms…

Insight The real dangers women face

The real dangers women face are domestic abuse, sexual violence, street harassment, and coercive control, not trans people in bathrooms. Trans people make up…

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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News NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With 'Trans Rights Are Human Rights' Campaign

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched the 'Trans Rights Are Human Rights' campaign at the start of Pride Month, in partnership with the NYC Commission on…

News Trans rights marchers take to Oxford's streets after EHRC code

More than a hundred trans rights supporters marched through Oxford on 30 March, organised by Oxford 4 Trans Rights in response to the EHRC's draft code of…

News Trans rights and women's rights are being dismantled by the same hands

Trans rights and women's rights are not competing interests; they are being dismantled by the same political forces using the same logic. The same…

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 Oxford takes to the streets for trans rights

Oxford 4 Trans Rights is holding a protest in Bonn Square, Oxford, on Saturday at 3pm, in response to updated draft guidance from the Equality and Human Rights…

News Not in our Name: New women's group voices solidarity with trans community

"Not in Our Name" is a new women's group formed in solidarity with the trans community, pushing back against the claim that opposition to trans rights…

News Trans rights are not a political miscalculation

Barney Frank has urged Democrats to take a quieter approach to trans rights for electoral reasons. Trans rights are not a political miscalculation to be…

News Trump's executive orders are now blocking trans care in Canada

US students at McGill University in Montreal are reportedly being denied gender-affirming care at a campus clinic, with Trump's executive orders cited as the…

News Trans Pride Falmouth: we are not a threat, we just want to live

Trans Pride Falmouth held its second annual march on 23rd May 2026, days after a Cornwall Council member declared that "trans women are women" is a…

News A Year On From the Supreme Court Ruling, Protests Continue

One year after the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the Equality Act, trans rights supporters gathered in York to call for clearer national protections and an end…

News What councillors said backing trans rights by 41 to one

A council vote overwhelmingly supporting trans rights offers practical guidance and clear reasoning for other decision-makers.

News Trans rights activism has deep historical roots

Joe Ball's Higginbotham Lecture contextualises the fight for trans rights within a longer history of social justice movements, challenging the notion that…

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