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Comments on Lily Allen’s post about Trans Awareness Week show exactly why we...
To mark Transgender Awareness Week, Lily Allen posted a meme to her Facebook page. The post reads “gender is up here”, pointing to a brain, “not down there”, pointing to some underpants. However the...
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Waiting times for trans healthcare are spiralling out of control. So these...
Being transgender in Britain in 2020 has at times felt incredibly difficult: not because being trans is in itself hard, necessarily, but because society makes it so. From a long-awaited and ultimately...
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11 out, proud and influential transgender politicians making waves in 2020
The US elections were engulfed by a rainbow wave, with more transgender politicians elected than ever before, and in Europe a trans woman is now the deputy prime minister of Belgium. Around the world,...
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Loud and proud trans trailblazers on thriving and celebrating transness in a...
Trans and non-binary people exist everywhere. Even in your workplace. But this can be a challenge: a third of UK employers admit they wouldn’t hire someone who is openly trans, and one in eight trans...
View Article5 meaningful ways you can show up for trans people this Trans Awareness Week...
Each Transgender Awareness Week, we focus on the challenges facing trans and non-binary communities. These are many: we face huge barriers in securing housing, jobs, and healthcare; threats to our...
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I was bullied relentlessly before coming out as trans. Now, I’m helping kids...
Charlie Middleton was relentlessly bullied at school for being different, but his life changed after he came out as trans. Now, he’s an ambassador for Just Like Us, the LGBT+ young people’s charity,...
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History made as out trans person closes London Stock Exchange for the first...
The London Stock Exchange was, for the first time, closed by an out trans person on Monday (15 November) to mark Transgender Awareness Week. Bobbi Pickard, founder and CEO of Trans in the City, closed...
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10 brilliant, bold and brave trans people who made waves in 2021
Trans people are changing the world for the better. The contributions of the trans community are immeasurable. Around the globe trans activists, lawmakers, entertainers, athletes and authors are making...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about gender identity vs gender expression this...
What is gender identity, what is gender expression, and what’s the difference? And what are the myths surrounding these terms? Whether you’re up-to-date, a little confused or simply curious, here’s...
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‘Trans lives are precious’ billboards light up Texas after wave of hurtful...
Large billboards reading “Trans lives are precious” and “Protect trans youth” are decorating Austin, Texas, to celebrate Transgender Awareness Week. One of the billboards is displayed on the back of a...
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Trans Joy: 3 trans people share powerful, personal moments of gender euphoria
For Transgender Awareness Week, it’s important that we focus not only on the challenges that trans and non-binary communities face, but also on the joys of transness. Many things about being trans...
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome on the urgent need for trans allyship: ‘There is no...
For Trans Awareness Week, Labour MP Nadia Whittome throws down the gauntlet for cisgender lesbian, gay and bisexual folk to stand with their trans siblings in the fight for true liberation. People of...
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7 times trans people took to the streets for urgent, vital protests, in pictures
For Transgender Awareness Week, we look back at seven times that trans and non-binary people took to the streets in the last year to fight for our rights. From a relentlessly hostile, institutionally...
View ArticleCis people get gender-affirming healthcare over the counter. Why can’t trans...
Gender-affirming healthcare for trans and non-binary people is being attacked, legally and politically, in the UK. We’ve seen this with Keira Bell’s well-funded court case, which almost succeeded in...
View ArticleFat trans people are having their lives put on hold because of devastating...
Trans people are used to fighting for access to gender-affirming health care – but for some, fatphobia is yet another barrier. Running the gauntlet of NHS gender identity clinics for hormone...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn shares powerful message of solidarity for Trans Awareness Week:...
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has described the trans community as an “inspiration” and called for people to celebrate their “strength and joy” in a powerful message for Trans Awareness Week. The...
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Indian trans men who took on the system and won: Powerful tales of survival,...
Trans men in India are often made to feel invisible – but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist, and that they can’t thrive. In 2014, India’s Supreme Court ruled that trans people should be recognised as...
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10 trans trailblazers who paved the way and changed the world for good
As part of Trans Awareness Week, the community honours those we’ve lost on Trans Day of Remembrance every year. Candlelit vigils take place worldwide each year commemorating the trans lives lost to...
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‘As a lesbian I’m sick of my community being used to attack trans people’
This Transgender Awareness Week, cisgender allyship is more important than ever, and as a cis lesbian, I won’t stand for my community being used to attack trans people, writes Emily Chudy. The past...
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Five ground-breaking trans icons from history you’ve probably never heard of
The first-ever Trans+ History Week has begun. Its founder, Marty Davies, wants everyone to know that trans people have always existed. Any queer person who has a social media account has undoubtedly...
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