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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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New research into domestic abuse against trans people

Helen G27 August 2010

There is now a substantial body of evidence recording the spiralling rate of violence against trans people the world over and, as more research becomes availabl...

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UK Government “committed” to GLb(t) anti discrimination and prejudice plan

Helen G16 June 2010

According to this Press Release, the Minister for Women and Equalities, Theresa May today set out "an ambitious cross-government programme of work" with the adm...

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Andrea Waddell: murder trial verdict (4 June 2010)

Helen G4 June 2010

Breaking now; more to follow later: Neil McMillan has been found guilty of murdering Andrea Waddell and jailed for at least 22 years. Via BBC News, Press Assoc...

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Malawi: Breaking news – Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga pardoned

Helen G29 May 2010

Further to my recent post about the sentencing of a couple to 14 years hard labour merely for getting engaged, BBC News (and others) are reporting that Steven M...

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