The Gender Trust BlogYup, it’s All Hallow’s Eve, Christmas for Goth’s and my favourite day of the year – October 31st. To celebrate, I’ve compiled a list of pop-culture’s draggiest witches. Don’t say you’ve never had your suspicions…. WINIFRED “WINNIE” SANDERSON (Hocus Pocus, 1993). BEST QUOTE: “Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me SICK!” SUMMARY: Ever the showgirl, [...]
Believe it or not, I don’t actually like moaning about being trans. It’s just that there’s so much to moan about. Transgender life is much like cisgender life: we face exactly the same problems as the rest of society (apart from that pesky SRS business), though it’s usually significantly magnified. Let’s take your stereotypical ‘unconvincing’ [...]
I daresay you, like me, have been too busy following the ever erudite Juliet Jacques. Ms Jacques, unlike me, has a large following in the Guardian. And good for her – it’s always heartening to see something intelligent and entertaining about trans people in the nationals, especially when written by a sister. A Transgender Journey [...]
Pathway is a new therapeutic group held by London Friend. Run by qualified, experienced and trained counsellors Olivier and Emilyn, Pathway is a group for all MtF, transwomen, and gender queeryers. The group will be made of 12 participants maximum over a period of 8 weeks, meeting on a weekly basis. London Friend is committed to provide [...]
REPORTING TRANSPHOBIC CRIMES Go to: www.TCrime.net Please help us to publicise this new service. We can supply posters and reporting forms if you send an order to: info@gires.org.uk The Home Office has awarded GIRES a grant to fund a national system for reporting transphobic crime. Appended below are examples of the crimes that trans people [...]
The Gender Trust main website (www.gendertrust.org.uk) is currently down. Don’t despair, we are still here. You can contact us via telephone, 0845 231 0505 or 01273 234024 or via email info at gendertrust dot org dot uk. We are working on the issues and will get the site up and running as soon as possible.
In the guidelines produced by the CRB it is advised that members of the trans community contact CRB for a sensitive check: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/advice-and-guidance/information-for-employers/guidance-on-recruiting-and-supporting-trans-people/roles-that-require-police-checks/the-crb-solution/ . Applicants may telephone the CRB on 0151 676 1452 to discuss this matter in confidence or email CRBSensitive (at) crb (dot) gsi (dot) gov (dot) uk. This enables the procedure to be [...]
I’ve had something on my mind since moving to London, and it’s time to come clean. In the summer of 2006 I threw away the last of my boy’s clothes and, a fortnight later, decided to sample the ‘transgender scene’ in London. Living in Nottingham at the time, I imagined the Way Out Club (which [...]
Welcome to our 20th blog, a hung parliament and a political hangover. Blurgh. Let’s divert ourselves by looking at this glossy new advert for upmarket fashion house Givenchy: Question is: which one’s trans? Not the one with the long wavy hair. It’s the gorgeous specimen with bright red lips; Givenchy’s assistant, Lea T. I’ve seen [...]
