Trans News

Week Two of Protests Sees Trans+ Groundswell

Posted on 26 Apr 2025 in Trans

What the Trans!? campaign network reports that over the weekend of Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April, there will be a second weekend of demonstrations and protests across the UK in support of the trans community. This follows the contested decision of the supreme court of the definition of "woman" in the context of the Equalities Act of 2010.

A Selection of Analyses on TDOR

Posted on 21 Nov 2024 in Trans

Wednesday 20th November was Transgender Day of Remembrance, and a wide variety of LGBTQIA, allied and progressive organisations issued their analyses and thoughts for the occasion.

Trans Pride in Surrey Brings Autumn Joy

Posted on 25 Sep 2024 in Trans

Now some exciting news for our friends in Surrey. A coalition of groups have come together to inaugurate Trans Pride Surrey, which is taking place in Epsom this weekend, Saturday 28th September. This is the first such event for Surrey and will

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

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

Jul

Black People Tell Transphobes - Leave Us Out!

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

May

Transphobes 'Weaponise' Cass Report

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" th

May

People in Healthcare Slam Cass Report

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 an

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