Trans News

Transphobes 'Weaponise' Cass Report

Posted on 15 May 2024 in Trans

Amnesty International has joined many LGBT+ and human rights organisations in publicly challenging anti-transgender fringe groups that have tried to, in their words, "weaponise" the Cass Report into transgender health care in the UK. In a press release, the veteran and respected human rights organisation says "“This review is being weaponised by people who revel in spreading disinformation and myths about healthcare for trans young people. It’s concerning that sections of the media and many politicians continue to spread moral panic with no regard for the possible consequ

People in Healthcare Slam Cass Report

Posted on 12 May 2024 in Trans

The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker says that the Cass Report into transgender young people's services, published on Wednesday April 10th, is full of inconsistencies and poor research. The paper spoke to three people working with young people to ascertain the feeling

Cass Report Is Wrong Headed and a Distraction

Posted on 6 May 2024 in Trans

The Guardian newspaper says that a senior psychologist has hit out at the NHS services for young trans people, which have been hamstrung by excessive caution after the publication of the CASS report, which in turn recommended the closure of existing NHS gender clinics and the set

Hopeful Look Back at Trans Day of Visibility

Posted on 28 Apr 2024 in Trans

Mey Rude writing for the web bulletin of LGBT+ magazine Out has some uplifting words to say about Transgender Day of Visibility, after it enraged transphobes in 2024 since it happened to fall on Easter Sunday. Mey writes "On one hand it was hila

Protest for Trans+ Young People on Sat 20th

Posted on 12 Apr 2024 in Trans

The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker says that the Cass Report into services for transgender people "bolsters" transphobes and right wing culture war extremists, who are using a moral panic to distract from the woeful performance of a degraded and corrupt conservative

Apr

Cass Report Panned by Experts

The Guardian newspaper says that a senior psychologist has hit out at the NHS services for young trans people, which have been hamstrung by excessive caution after the publication

Mar

After Everything, Trans Joy Still Shines Thru

NBC News in the US reports that the largest survey of trans people in U.S.

Feb

Minority Stress Impacts Trans Mental Health

Long waiting times for gender identity treatment are amongst the reasons analysts believe that trans and non-binary people report a greater prevalence of mental health distress than their cisgender

Feb

Victory for Trans Project in US Court Battle

LGBTQ Nation newswire reports that in a major legal victory, the Transformation Project, a trans community advocacy group, has successfully sued the government of

Feb

Trans Radio Innovator Shortlisted for Award

Avril Clark of one of the family of radio stations that broadcasts "ShoutOut" has been shortlisted for an award by Pride in Surrey. Avril is cofounder of