Trans News

No Case to Answer - Trans Equality Guidance

Posted on 31 May 2021 in Trans

Trans activists are celebrating following the refusal of a judicial review for the “Authentic Equity Alliance”, the spectacularly misnamed front group for the LGB Alliance which aims to split the LGBTQ movement. The Alliance had sought leave to challenge the guidance of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on trans equalities. In particularly, the anti-trans activists had sought to restrict the circumstances in which trans women are protected under the 2010 Equality Act, and the maximise the number of spaces where agencies could refuse services.

Jenner Disappoints with View on Trans Kids

Posted on 12 May 2021 in Trans

There are some LGBTQ people whose views are somewhat unusual compared to mainstream gay or trans opinion.

GRC Cost Slashed But Does Reform Do Enough?

Posted on 9 May 2021 in Trans

The BBC News Channel reports that the cost of legally changing gender identity on official records has been slashed, in accordance with a government promise published last year.

Hope as Court Appeal is Granted for Youth

Posted on 20 Jan 2021 in Trans

Top LGBTQ newswire Pink News is amongst those tonight reporting that the National Health Service's Tavistock and Portman Trust, which operates the Gender Identity Clinic for younger trans people, has been granted leave to a

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.

Nov

Additional Boost for Awareness from Google

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 failu

Nov

How to be a Trans Ally - Top Trade Union Mag

UNISON, Britain's largest trade union, has published a guide to being a Trans Ally in its November magazine, “U”.

Nov

Marking Transgender Day of Remembrance

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

Oct

Trans Community Radio UK Launches New Site

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 in

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