This report analyses the NPCC Interim Transgender Search Guidance as an operational classification system. It examines whether natal sex classification functions reliably as a safeguarding and dignity-preserving variable when applied in custodial and police search contexts.
If the clinical purpose of transition is social integration, and the measurable benefits arise from reducing chronic exposure to misrecognition and reclassification, then institutional arrangements that systematically contradict this outcome are not neutral. Where classification structures override present material reality, the conditions that transition is designed to resolve risk being structurally reproduced. Harm therefore becomes foreseeable — and, within such systems, predictable.
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.
Safeguarding audit of sexual violence services in Scotland, helping transitioned women identify safe support and guiding trauma-informed service design.
A detailed analytical report examining systemic safeguarding and protection pathway failures affecting transitioned women who experience domestic and sexual violence. The analysis focuses on service design, referral pathways, and the consequences of prioritising administrative categorisation over survivor need.
A survivor-led audit of sexual violence services in England, examining whether transitioned women can safely access, navigate, and remain within support without forced disclosure, misclassification, or exclusion. This report focuses on real-world safeguarding, not stated intent, and highlights where current pathways fail those most at risk.
A quiet village in the Dominican Republic shows what happens when societies expect change instead of fearing it. By allowing language and systems to track material reality, Las Salinas offers a powerful lesson in adaptive classification, institutional maturity, and harm prevention.
A practical, trauma-informed guide for transitioned women in the UK navigating sexual or domestic violence. This article explains where support exists, and how to protect your dignity and safety while seeking help.
In 2025, UK systems that once offered protection increasingly became sources of harm for transitioned women. Without repealing rights, policy and practice shifted in ways that reduced safety, access, and dignity. This manifesto sets out how those harms arose, and how they can be reduced through practical, proportionate system redesign.
Recently, the UK Supreme Court delivered a decision that’s caused considerable anxiety among trans women across the country. Headlines shouted that we’ve been “banned” from women’s toilets, hospital wards, and domestic violence refuges – but… What does the April 2025 “Biological-Sex” Ruling Mean for Transitioned Women’s Advocacy?