transphobia Archives

Echoes of Section 28

D H Kelly29 May 2018

30 years after the Local Government Act 1988 was passed, D H Kelly describes what it was like to grow up under Section 28 and notices uncanny echoes in modern day transphobia...

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A woman’s place is to speak out against transphobia

Josephine Tsui5 February 2018

Josephine Tsui argues that an intersectional feminism that includes trans women will only strengthen the women's movement ...

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“I’m not a TERF, but…”

Joanna Whitehead6 March 2017

Jo Whitehead despairs at Jenni Murray’s recent assertion that trans women cannot be ‘real’ women...

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Unsexy women: Love, sex and marginalised bodies

D H Kelly8 July 2016

In a culture which categorises some groups of women as unattractive, D H Kelly explores how this has an effect far beyond whether or not we find love or get laid...

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Is it time for gender neutral toilets?

D H Kelly28 March 2016

Gender segregated toilets are something we take for granted, but D H Kelly argues that gender neutral public toilets might be better for everyone ...

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Reluctant Women

D H Kelly25 September 2014

D H Kelly explores what being a cisgender woman means and doesn't mean and how a failure to acknowledge our own, often complicated, gender identities can lead us to let down our trans sisters ...

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Richard III: a trans revelation

Katherine Wootton3 September 2014

Katherine Wootton is blown away by new writing, Drag King Richard III, that explores trans experiences through Shakespearean dialogue and manages to get it just right ...

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Expecting more

Milena Popova8 July 2014

Although guest blogger Milena Popova doesn't expect bi and trans inclusion from Julie Bindel, she is frustrated by a failure to call this out when Stonewall's acting CEO recommends her new book ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Laura7 July 2014

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread, 10th February 2014

Philippa Willitts10 February 2014

Philippa links to topics we weren't able to cover this week including fat shaming, the privacy of NHS health records, legal gender recognition, Woody Allen, women in politics, vagina art in schools, the rainbow Google doodle and more ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Laura20 January 2014

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views ...

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Silent T

Sarah Thomasin19 September 2013

Sarah challenges cis lesbian, gay and bisexual people to look at how they treat trans people, and to see the parallels that exist in LGB and T communities and the oppressions we face ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Laura16 September 2013

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views ...

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Victim blaming: the easy option?

Sarah Thomasin9 September 2013

Guest blogger Sarah writes about whether victim blaming is a handy way of avoiding taking real action, and whether it is used for others to feel safe ...

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An introduction / a recent epiphany

Tara4 July 2013

"I'm not sure when or why I separated my black identity/reality from my feminist ideals, and when they became separate things. I think that the feminist movement is so dominated by white women and the experience of especially middle class white women, that I forget that I exist, saddled with further battles to climb" ...

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