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New Guide for BAME Trans people Out Now
For too long we have supposed BAME and trans to be two separate ‘characteristics’. A new project seeks to change all that with a new 28-page… Read More »New Guide for BAME Trans people Out Now
TranzWiki – a comprehensive Trans directory for the UK
TranzWiki.net (http://www.tranzwiki.net/) is a comprehensive directory of the groups supporting, assisting, and campaigning on behalf of transgender people and their families across the UK. It… Read More »TranzWiki – a comprehensive Trans directory for the UK
Trans health Factsheets launched
A series of trans health factsheets is being prepared by members of the National LGB&T Partnership in collaboration with cliniQ, Mermaids and TransForum Manchester, with support from… Read More »Trans health Factsheets launched
DOCUMENTING TRANS HISTORY
It was George Santayana who first coined the phrase that “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. As a successful… Read More »DOCUMENTING TRANS HISTORY
Why Trans Teachers Matter
A new pdf is available for teachers and schools promoting trans teachers. The short document is a collection of soundbites telling people what the trans… Read More »Why Trans Teachers Matter
TV Series Planned Re-Gender Affirmation
Channel 4 has commissioned a new TV series that will include people applying for gender confirmation treatment through the NHS. We wish to film them… Read More »TV Series Planned Re-Gender Affirmation
Cambridge Talks
Cambridge is the latest city to start an oral history project; thanks to SexYOUality. The LGBT support and social group used the opportunity on its… Read More »Cambridge Talks
Call The (Gender) Police!
Call The (Gender) Police! – Brynn Tannehill, Director of Advocacy with SPART*A writes for Huffington Post: ‘Even people who should know better police gender and define what is masculine and feminine enough. There are still therapists out there who won’t give recommendation letters for HRT to transgender women unless they show up to every appointment in a dress and heels’.
Gendered Intelligence launches new showcase at the Science Museum, ‘What makes your gender?'
Gendered Intelligence launches new showcase at the Science Museum,‘What makes your gender?’ – Throughout LGBT History Month this February and continuing into April 2014, the Science Museum will showcase a new display that asks its audience: What makes up your gender? The display, which can be seen in the Who am I? Gallery, aims to demonstrate a shift away from seeing gender simply as a boy/girl binary towards viewing gender as something much more dynamic.