Keighley Cougars Rugby League club has announced the appointment of trans activist India Willoughby as their patron, marking a groundbreaking moment as the world’s first transgender individual to serve as patron of a professional sports club. India, a pioneer in her own right as Britain’s first transgender newsreader and TV journalist, has long been an […]
West Midlands Police has launched an investigation after Jessica Olive, a trans woman, was assaulted on a bus in Pool Meadow, Coventry on Sunday, April 7, around 8pm. Jessica “was sitting on the top deck of the No6 bus when she was approached by two teenagers who repeatedly punched her in the face and stole […]
Dr Hilary Cass today (Wednesday, April 10) published her review into the care of gender-questioning children in England and Wales, which has called for gender services to operate ‘to the same standards’ as other health services for children and young people, with ‘a holistic assessment’ of people referred. In response to the “sensationalised” coverage surrounding […]
Sunday, March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility (TDoV), which is marked every year to celebrate the bravery, resilience, joy and accomplishments of our transgender friends, family, and neighbours. To honour and celebrate trans and nonbinary communities, Brighton & Hove City Council will be flying the trans flag from both Hove and Brighton town halls. […]
The mum of a trans woman who took her own life has said that transgender patients facing a years-long wait for NHS gender care are being handed a “death sentence”. Responding to data obtained by the BBC Newsnight, which found it would take 10 years to clear the backlog of people waiting for first appointments […]
Liz Truss, Conservative prime minister for just 50 days, is calling on Rishi Sunak to back legislation preventing children from attempting to change their gender and banning trans women from entering female-only spaces or competing in women’s sport. Truss’ attempt to change the law – the Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill – will need […]
Manchester’s LGBTQ+ community and its allies came together at The Brewers last night for a benefit show, which was being held to mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating loss of Brianna Ghey, whose horrific murder sent shockwaves throughout the UK. Live Your Truth was organised by trans campaigner and TV personality Jaxon Feeley to […]
A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law has found that there are 174,200 transgender immigrants in the United States and 41,000 transgender immigrants in California, comprising over one-quarter (27%) of the state’s adult transgender population. The study found that most (83%) of California’s transgender immigrants have lived in the US […]
Two teenagers have been found guilty of the “frenzied” murder of transgender schoolgirl Brianna Ghey. Brianna was just 16 when she was stabbed 28 times at Culcheth Linear Park near Warrington, Cheshire, on February 11, in a crime that appalled Britain and trans communities and allies worldwide. Her killers, identified as Girl X and Boy Y, […]
Trans guidance for schools in England has been published by the Department for Education today (Tuesday, December 19), after being delayed from the summer. The non-statutory guidance requires schools to inform parents if their children say they wish to change their gender identity, with some narrow exemptions such as the child being at risk of […]
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