Category: Trans Day of Visibility

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Gender-affirming healthcare is just one small part of trans history

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Five trans and non-binary folk unpack the community’s complex relationship with the medical field and the lessons we can learn from LGBTQIA+ history.  TW: trauma, transphobia, graphic medical descriptions  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN February marked LGBTQIA+ History Month; a designated period to mark the progress made by our community. Each year the themes serve as an introspective reminder of what we can learn from the past and take forward in the present. This year, the theme was to recognise the queer contributions made in the…

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The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey shares a heartfelt statement for Trans Day of Visibility

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Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey shared a heartfelt message to their younger self in honour of Trans Day of Visibility.  On 31 March, The Last of Us star – who identifies as non-binary and goes by any pronouns – tweeted a picture from their childhood to celebrate the important day. “Happy TDOV to this little dude. I didn’t know the word non-binary in this picture,” Ramsey wrote.  “But I knew what it meant. Inherently. Because I always was, and always will be. Lotsa love to all of my trans…

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Majority of anti-trans adults don’t know any trans people, study finds

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Three quarters (74 per cent) of young adults who say they are not supportive of trans people don’t actually know a trans person, according to new research by Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity. It was also found that those who knew someone trans were twice as likely to be allies of the community, with just 33 per cent of those who do not know a trans person describing themselves as “very supportive” of trans people. This was in stark contrast to 64 per cent of people who…

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Exclusive: 9 in 10 people believe UK media’s reporting on so-called ‘trans debate’ is harmful

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The vast majority of the LGBTQ+ community believe framing the discussion of transgender rights as a ‘debate’ is harmful, a GAY TIMES survey has found. The findings come as the UK media puts topics like self-identification and using the spaces that align with someone’s gender identity in the spotlight, despite trans and non-binary people being estimated to make up just 1 per cent of the population in Britain. This is often framed as the so-called ‘trans debate’, which frequently sees human rights issues tossed around as if they are a…

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