Finding Safety: Sexual Violence Services in Wales
A structured audit of sexual violence support services in Wales, designed to help transitioned women assess accessibility, inclusion clarity, and safeguarding risk before approaching a service.
Open letter response: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) spectacularly fails trans women and people.
When we first wrote to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in February, we hoped for a response that would acknowledge the harm being done to trans patients and healthcare workers. The letter was clear,…
The Quiet Codification of Control: Trans People and the Infrastructure of Forced Visibility
This week, the UK government confirmed what many of us feared: a centralised, non-consensual tracking system for transgender people is not only underway – it is being rationalised as a matter of public safety. In…
When Medical Chaperones aren’t really Chaperones: The Reality for Transitioned Women.
Introduction When we talk about medical chaperones, what are we really talking about? Officially, a chaperone is someone present during medical examinations, particularly intimate ones, to safeguard both patient and healthcare professional. They’re there to…
A call to action: An Open Letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is entrusted with upholding the integrity and professionalism of nursing and midwifery in the UK. Yet, recent events have exposed a disturbing trend: the weaponisation of the nursing profession by gender-critical activists who are actively harming trans people – both patients and fellow healthcare professionals.
Navigating Current Challenges: The Reality for UK Transitioned Women in early 2025
Trans women in the UK face numerous challenges, including limited access to healthcare, pervasive discrimination, and significant mental health impacts. These issues are compounded by systemic biases and lack of awareness about the specific needs…
Dilating and Douching for Transitioned Women: A Guide to Vaginal and Sexual Health
What Is Dilating and Why Is It Important? Transitioning comes with many exciting changes, but some aspects of it can feel like navigating uncharted territory. If you’ve recently undergone surgery to create a vagina, two…
Cass in tatters: US expert report adds to damning evidence that Cass report is biased, flawed, and should not be used as a clinical guideline.
Even before the publication of the Cass Report, academics warned of “misleading trans health research”. There were cautions about the current political climate where trans people in general, and trans young people in particular were recognised as being heavily stigmatized and marginalized amid pervasive anti-transgender rhetoric in British and American media.
Prostate cancer in trans women: what you need to know.
Disclaimer: This does not constitute medical advice, consult your medical practitioner if you have concerns. Useful links are provided below. Last update 06/2024. Two of the leading Urology journals recently released information regarding prostate cancer…
TERF lies: most trans/ts/tg women are “intact”.
Scaremongering is often used by anti-trans activists to promote a feeling of fear: something which motivates people to act. Furthermore, psychology has shown that repeated tropes, whether true or not if repeated often enough tend…
Snap transiness poll reveals that 97% of trans people living “in role” physically transition.
Recently, we responded to claims that only a small minority of trans people physically transition by polling our members, and the results were telling. Although merely a poll on facebook, it nonetheless captures a snapshot of trans people and stands in the face of objections that “very few” trans people actually transition.
Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria – the new hoax diagnosis.
oreword There is plenty of cultural evidence that a variety of transgender identities have existed all over the world for a very long time. What we understand as transgender in the west has been given…