Everything on this site about supporting someone trans: 65 pieces in all.
When someone you care about comes out as trans, the most important things are believing them, using their chosen name and pronouns, and staying…
Using they/them as a default for trans people without checking is not a neutral, safe choice. It replaces one assumption with another and still…
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…
When your child tells you they are trans, the most important thing you can offer is belief and love. Families who accept their trans children early…
Parenting a trans child means navigating feelings that nobody prepared you for: grief for the child you thought you knew, fear about their safety,…
JK Rowling has made repeated public statements opposing trans rights, including the legal recognition of trans adults. Genuine allyship requires more…
Most parents who struggle when a child comes out as trans are not rejecting them deliberately: they are reacting from a lifetime of poor, often…
Trans-inclusive workplace policies do not come at the expense of women, lesbians, or gay men. The Equality Act 2010 protects gender reassignment,…
Trans-competent mental health support means working with a therapist or counsellor who understands gender diversity without treating your identity as…
Many women's organisations in the UK are standing in solidarity with trans people against the EHRC's draft statutory code and the Cass Review's…
Trans activism and solidarity take many forms: street-level protests and Pride marches, online petitions and letter-writing campaigns, fundraisers…
Angela Y Davis argues that refusing to acknowledge the full diversity of gender, cisgender, transgender, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming,…
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…
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…
Mara spent a decade finding her way without a guide, then became one for a frightened teenager, and discovered that teaching someone else the map…
Her daughter already knew who she was. What her mum needed was someone to tell her that loving her child completely, and without condition, was…
Darya's father said the wrong thing first, but chose his daughter over his certainty and became the man she needed him to be.
Carol grieved the husband she thought she had married, felt guilty for grieving at all, and spent a year working out whether she was still in love…
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.
When right-wing outlets tried to twist a sarcastic Bluesky joke into evidence that Ken Jennings had turned against trans people, he corrected the…
When Alan Cumming defended trans people and Nicola Sturgeon in a Times interview, For Women Scotland responded by calling him a 'silly little man'…
Ariana Grande has launched the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, a structured charitable body with four dedicated funds supporting LGBTQ+ rights,…
Stephanie Lynnette is a healthcare worker, content creator, and events manager for London's Trans+ Pride, named on The Independent's Pride List 2026.…
Ben Greene's list of 50 actions for trans allyship this Pride Month ranges from buying books by trans authors and shopping at trans-owned businesses…
Helen reflects on the messages she receives and the profound joy they bring to her work as a gender specialist.
When friends stay quiet about transgender issues, they risk deepening isolation for those who need their support most.
When someone shares their gender identity with you, they're showing tremendous trust—here's how to be the ally they need.
Ashley James demonstrates what genuine allyship looks like, and it's more accessible than many people realise.
In Malaysia's conservative state of Kelantan, a mother named Rozi chose love over convention, accepting her transgender daughter Hana despite intense…
The UnHerd framing treats trade unions advocating for trans workers as a threat to women's rights and a problem for the Labour government. That gets…
Seattle City Council voted unanimously to allocate $300,000 to local LGBTQ+ organisations supporting trans residents and those fleeing anti-trans…
Bel Powley, who plays Petunia Dursley in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series, has publicly rejected J.K. Rowling's views on trans people, saying she…
Caitlin Clark declined to take a position on trans women in sport after her Indiana Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham sparked protests across a…
When USA Rugby banned transgender women from women's rugby in early 2025, many teams across the country refused to comply. The Baltimore Flamingos'…
Green councillors in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse are putting motions to their district councils to reaffirm support for trans and…
Victoria Cruz, a transgender rights advocate who was present at the 1969 Stonewall uprising, has died aged 79 following a battle with liver cancer.…
Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate nominee, has secured an endorsement from a national transgender rights PAC and pledged not to abandon…
Conversion therapy does not fail to work: it succeeds at causing harm. A new toolkit developed by Outright International and PsySSA gives mental…
When Stonewall's incoming chair said she had 'huge respect' for JK Rowling and that there was 'absolutely a space for her in public life', trans…
Glasgow council leader Susan Aitken has publicly challenged the EHRC's draft guidance on single-sex spaces, calling it contradictory and unworkable,…
When Tamzin Outhwaite celebrated her trans son Flo's 18th birthday with a public tribute full of pride and joy, she did something that reaches far…
Corporate Pride was always conditional, and the brands pulling back have shown us exactly what their support was worth. A Harris Poll survey of…
Kai Schreiber, the 17-year-old trans daughter of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, is building a modelling career on the runways of Valentino, Mugler,…
Bruce Knapik, a senior trust and safety manager at Epic Games, has owned the typo domain summergamesfest.com for six years and uses it to redirect…
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…
Heather Jackson's Mother's Day essay about her trans daughter Becky Pepper-Jackson, who is at the centre of a US Supreme Court case about transgender…
"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…
Helen responds to concerns about flying pride flags, emphasising their importance as symbols of inclusion and safety for LGBTQ+ communities.
Scotland's latest local authority gender guidance for schools is encouraging overall, though some important gaps remain to be addressed.
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