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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013

Laura20 November 2013

Today marks the fifteenth Transgender Day of Remembrance: at least 238 trans people have been murdered worldwide since this time last year ...

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Outing, platforms, harassment and privilege

Guest Blogger21 October 2013

A guest post by Everyday Whorephobia about the dangers and injustice of sex workers and trans* people being outed against their will ...

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Same-sex marriage, ciswash and a call to continued solidarity

Reubs Walsh10 September 2013

Though the same-sex marriage bill is a major step forward for LGB equality, it marginalises trans people and their rights, argues Reubs Walsh ...

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New Look needs a new policy

Jess McCabe19 March 2013

A recent incident has revealed that the high street clothes store New Look badly needs to get a new policy to guide how staff treat trans women. Michelle wen...

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Gender charmers

Ania Ostrowska24 February 2013

Ania Ostrowska is charmed by a conference on revolutionary gender politics. But how radical was it on the day? ...

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NHS consultation on trans related healthcare proposals

Helen G10 January 2013

The NHS has announced a consultation and online survey in connection with its draft proposals for trans related healthcare. ...

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Sweden: Cis man cleared of rape charges because his woman victim had no vagina

Helen G4 July 2012

[Trigger warning] A cis male rapist is charged with battery but not rape when it transpires his victim has no vagina. ...

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New EC report: “Discrimination against trans and intersex people on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression”

Helen G11 June 2012

A new EC report examining issues around discriminations faced by trans* and intersex people in Europe has just been published. ...

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Women born women?

Helen G21 May 2012

As a controversial conference restricts entry to 'women born women', Helen G analyses this phrase ...

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An experience of crossing the gender divide: personal comfort before real difference

Jane Fae8 February 2012

A guest blog post from Jane Fae on a topic she wanted to cover during her guest blogging stint (back in September) but found hard to tackle until now ...

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Transgender e-bulletin No.3 August/September 2011

Helen G23 August 2011

Via email from the Government Equalities Office: The third Government Equalities Office transgender e-bulletin has now been released. This includes a third sur...

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Reminder: GEO trans health survey closes on Sunday

Helen G15 July 2011

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) second e-bulletin (June/July 2011) is available for download from the Home Office website It contains a brief overview o...

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Invisibility

Harri C. Weeks22 June 2011

I kinda like being looked at. But, to explain, I’m not for a second one of those guys who counters women’s complaints about men constantly perving ...

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F to M to feminist

Harri C. Weeks3 June 2011

*Edited to remove a phrase which really didn't convey my meaning at all that I added before I'd had my coffee this morning. Around the time The F-Word advertis...

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New feature: That’s not my name

Jess McCabe11 April 2011

Changing name is a hassle. But what is rarely acknowledged is just how much the current systems place a burden on cis women and trans people that is not shared ...

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That’s not my name

Jane Fae10 April 2011

Changing name is a hassle. But what is rarely acknowledged is just how much the current systems place a burden on cis women and trans people that is not shared by cis men. Jane Fae reports ...

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Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation

Amelia Bayes29 January 2011

Social pressures impose binary gender on us all, but resistance is possible: Amelia Bayes reviews the follow-on anthology to a key text in queer theory ...

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Why cis attendees of RTN are letting trans women down

Quinn Capes-Ivy9 October 2010

A few years ago I attended, for two years running, London's Reclaim The Night march, organised by London Feminist Network. It was an amazing march, full of an p...

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