Trans News

Actor Elliot Page Comes Out as Trans

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 in Trans

Metro Newspaper and Digital Spy are amongst those media outlets reporting the news that actor Elliot Page has come out as transgender. In a message that was uploaded to his social media accounts on World AIDS Day, 1st December, Mr Page said: “"Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot. I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.

Additional Boost for Awareness from Google

Posted on 21 Nov 2020 in Trans

Google, one of the world’s largest corporations, is sometimes accused of not doing enough to stop the dissemination of hate or misinformation about minorities on the internet. Sometimes this failure to police what goes on is due to the sheer size of the internet, and its wild west and unregulate

How to be a Trans Ally - Top Trade Union Mag

Posted on 21 Nov 2020 in Trans

UNISON, Britain's largest trade union, has published a guide to being a Trans Ally in its November magazine, “U”. The two page article addresses issues such as deadnaming, challenging prejudice and just being a friend to trans + people.

Marking Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on 20 Nov 2020 in Trans

Friday, 20th November will mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This was inaugurated in 1999 to bear witness to violence against transgender people.

Trans Community Radio UK Launches New Site

Posted on 21 Oct 2020 in Trans

One of our partner stations, Trans Radio UK, the only station in Europe made by and for the transgender community, has redesigned its website to give a better listening and more interactive experience.

Oct

Literary Giants Come out for Trans Equality

Newswire LGBTQ Nation reports that many people in the literary world have responded to the anti-transgender activism of JK Rowling with an open letter to the press, in which they a

Jul

Channel Four Doc on Trans Parenting - Tues PM

Channel Four Television looks at the experience of a mixed gender trans couple who have started a family.

Jul

Bergdorf Secures Book Deal for Manifesto 2021

Munroe Bergdorf remains a crucial voice at the intersections of class, racial and gender politics.

Sep

Bath Uni blocks research into "De-transition"

Bath Spa University has blocked a counsellor for therapy for transgender people from writing a thesis on “de-transition” as it may be seen to be “politically incorrect”.

Sep

Times & Mail wrongly accuse ATH

Action for Trans Health have been wrongly accused by both The Daily Mail and the Times of encouraging violence against anti-trans activists.