Trans News

Trans Supercomputing Developer Passes On

Posted on 24 Aug 2024 in Trans

Erin Reed at the long standing LGBTQIA+ newspaper the Washington Blade reports that transgender computer pioneer Lynn Conway has passed on to the realm of our LGBTQIA+ ancestors at the age of 86. Her story is nothing short of remarkable. Conway helped pioneer early supercomputers at IBM but was fired after she transitioned.

Translatable Project Launched for Trans POC+

Posted on 5 Aug 2024 in Trans

Philip Zonkel writing at Q Voice News reports that NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade and Zaya, his transgender daughter, have launched Translatable, an online resource for trans youth of colour and their families. Translatable offers a safe space “for youth to express themselves thr

Black People Tell Transphobes - Leave Us Out!

Posted on 11 Jul 2024 in Trans

LGBTQ Nation, the stateside newswire, reports that author J.K.

Transphobes 'Weaponise' Cass Report

Posted on 15 May 2024 in Trans

Amnesty International has joined many LGBT+ and human rights organisations in publicly challenging anti-transgender fringe groups that have tried to, in their words, "weaponise" the Cass Report into transgender health care in the UK. In a press release, the veteran and respected

People in Healthcare Slam Cass Report

Posted on 12 May 2024 in Trans

The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker says that the Cass Report into transgender young people's services, published on Wednesday April 10th, is full of inconsistencies and poor research. The paper spoke to three people working with young people to ascertain the feeling

May

Cass Report Is Wrong Headed and a Distraction

The Guardian newspaper says that a senior psychologist has hit out at the NHS services for young trans people, which have been hamstrung by excessive caution after the publication

Apr

Hopeful Look Back at Trans Day of Visibility

Mey Rude writing for the web bulletin of LGBT+ magazine Out has some uplifting words to say about Transgender Day of Visibility, after it enraged transphobes in 20

Apr

Protest for Trans+ Young People on Sat 20th

The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker says that the Cass Report into services for transgender people "bolsters" transphobes and right wing culture war extremists, who are

Apr

Cass Report Panned by Experts

The Guardian newspaper says that a senior psychologist has hit out at the NHS services for young trans people, which have been hamstrung by excessive caution after the publication

Mar

After Everything, Trans Joy Still Shines Thru

NBC News in the US reports that the largest survey of trans people in U.S.