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Trans women's murders are routinely undercounted in official crime statistics because most countries record homicide victims by sex assigned at birth…
Online hate targeting trans people is not acceptable, full stop. The same standards we apply to racist or homophobic abuse must apply to transphobic…
Hurtful speech directed at trans people is not a harmless expression of opinion. It contributes directly to the mental health crisis affecting the…
Sophie Cunningham's public comments about a trans WNBA colleague were framed as sports debate, but what actually happened was a workplace outing: a…
Free speech protects the right to disagree with me. It does not mean that targeted harassment, threats or discrimination have to be ignored. The…
When I say these words hurt, I am not talking about someone feeling offended. The surveys document measurable patterns: people hiding who they are at…
Trans men are largely invisible in public life because they were socialised to stay quiet, and because successful transitions mean they are rarely…
Discomfort about trans people in single-sex spaces is a genuine feeling worth taking seriously, but it is not the same as evidence of harm. Trans…
Trans people experience significantly higher rates of harassment, physical violence, hate crimes, and safety fears than the general population. The…
The UK government's own Equality Impact Assessment acknowledges that forcing trans women into men's spaces creates a disproportionate risk of…
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…
The claim that cis women need protection from trans women is not supported by evidence. Trans women and girls are statistically far more likely to be…
Being told who you are is wrong is not a single event. It is something that happens repeatedly, in small moments and large ones, and the weight of it…
Transitioning is safe. The hormones used in gender-affirming care are bio-identical and the medical risks are genuinely small. The dangers trans…
Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 prohibited UK local authorities from intentionally promoting homosexuality or publishing material with…
Senior UN human rights experts have warned that the UK's revised Equality Code of Practice, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and…
Women's safety, dignity and privacy matter. So do the safety, dignity and rights of trans people. The answer is to look at each setting honestly,…
Sex Matters brought a judicial review challenging police guidance that allowed trans detainees to consent to being strip-searched by an officer…
Anti-trans hostile debate online frequently uses NHS safety claims, detransition stories, and activist pile-on campaigns as tools of bad-faith…
Anti-trans hostile campaigns often adopt the structure of antisemitic conspiracy theory: an invisible, powerful, and malevolent group is said to be…
The Labour government has pursued a systematic package of anti-trans policies: draft school guidance that restricts how trans children can be…
Trans creators face a specific set of challenges online: algorithmic systems that flag or suppress gender-diverse content, content moderation…
Mainstream media consistently fails trans people by covering their lives, healthcare, and rights without meaningfully including trans voices. Outlets…
DIY HRT is hormone therapy sourced and managed without clinical supervision. The risks are specific and serious: thrombosis, meningioma with…
Trans rights in the US vary dramatically by state. Hostile states have banned gender-affirming care for minors, restricted legal gender recognition,…
Conversion therapy bills in the UK have explicitly excluded trans people from protection. Practices designed to change or suppress a person's gender…
Trans patients in NHS hospitals are protected from discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 through the protected characteristic of gender…
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…
Trans people in prison have legal rights to dignity, safety, and protection from discrimination. The Equality Act 2010 protects them through the…
A mother in India wrote to Helen about her trans daughter and the man in their home who frightened them both. What followed was a conversation about…
Helen sat down to debate a woman who wanted her in prison, and found herself explaining, calmly, why trans people are allowed to exist.
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…
A trans person navigates the quiet dread of leisure-centre changing rooms, develops their strategies, and reaches the ordinary Tuesday when it stops…
Chidi moved between two communities that did not quite hold him, until he stopped looking for a place to belong and started building one.
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.
Zola dreaded telling her Sunday league football team she was trans, and found that belonging was already hers before she said a word.
Baltimore police have released a sketch of a person wanted in connection with the killing of Sophie Lee, a transgender woman shot on North Calvert…
Donald Trump used an anti-trans slur on Truth Social to attack Annie Andrews, the Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina, describing her three…
Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, have been charged with the murder of Jonathan McKinsey, their transgender son-in-law, following a shooting at…
Jonathan McKinsey, a trans man and New York Times engineering executive, was shot dead in Dublin, California. Court records show his in-laws had…
Comedian Nikki Glaser apologised to Briel Adams-Wheatley, a 27-year-old transgender influencer born without limbs, after making her the subject of a…
Sandie Peggie, an NHS nurse who previously brought a case against NHS Fife over a shared changing room with transgender colleague Dr Beth Upton, is…
Conservative protesters gathered outside The Sports Bra, a women's sports bar in Portland, after staff asked customers displaying anti-trans…
A Manhattan Institute report claims trans people are murdered at lower rates than the general population and that intimate partner violence, not…
There is no single right answer, and that is exactly what makes this question so painful. Leaving can mean survival. Staying can mean resistance,…
Sophie Lee, a 27-year-old transgender woman, was fatally shot in Baltimore's Barclay neighbourhood. Nearly 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil…
When Sam Nordquist's family stood up at Rochester's first Trans Pride Festival, they were doing something that goes far beyond remembrance. They were…
John Mongan, 24, was jailed for three years after attacking a transgender husband and wife on Baring Road in Eltham on 18 April. He punched the…
Julia Curlee served as a CIA officer and senior White House intelligence official through two Trump terms, briefing President Trump and Vice…
Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighbourhood was the site of one of the earliest documented acts of LGBTQ+ resistance, when trans…
Julia Curlee served four US administrations as a CIA officer and became the first transgender officer to transition openly and remain with the…
Julia Curlee briefed presidents and rose to become the White House's senior career intelligence official, trusted with the most sensitive secrets in…
When a bullied 15-year-old trans girl asked whom she was harming simply by existing as herself, no adult could answer her. The difficulty adults have…
When a 15-year-old wrestler raised a complaint with her school, the adults responsible for her safety said nothing to police for 53 days. That is the…
A Manhattan court has ruled that New York City must face a lawsuit brought by a transgender woman who alleges she was repeatedly placed in men's…
A New Hampshire court found that Travis Lufkin violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act after striking a transgender woman in the face and calling…
Victoria Cruz, a transgender rights advocate who was present at the 1969 Stonewall uprising, has died aged 79 following a battle with liver cancer.…
A state of emergency is not a body count. When Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared a trans femicide state of emergency, critics demanded that one…
Misgendering is not a politeness question, it is a dignity question. When Erie City Councilman Ed Brzezinski referred to openly transgender Council…
Lina Haaga, a 14-year-old trans girl from California, won a school track race in May 2026 and was met with a coordinated wave of online abuse from…
Shepard Scalf, an intersex middle school teacher in Florida, was fired by St. Johns County School District just weeks into the 2025–2026 school year.…
Boston's Trans Period Pride event is a community gathering for trans people who menstruate, offering discussion, free period products, and a meal. It…
A Colorado family who moved to New Zealand to protect their transgender daughter now watches that country debate a bill that would legally define sex…
Tatiana Blount, a transgender woman and former student at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Virginia, has filed a lawsuit alleging the school…
A transgender woman has sued Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Virginia, alleging the school failed to protect her from bullying and physical…
When prejudice against one group is tolerated, it does not stay contained. The DfE data showing a 68% rise in prejudicial abuse cited in school…
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