Category: Trans Issues

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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele: ‘Trans people are making the world a better place’

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Will Ferrell and Harper Steele want cis people to understand that the world will be a “better place” if all trans people can “live their truth”. In the new Netflix documentary Will & Harper, the duo embark on a seventeen-day road trip across the United States after Harper, former head writer at Saturday Night Live and Will’s comedy partner of thirty years, comes out as a trans woman. Directed by Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar‘s Josh Greenbaum, the film follows Will and Harper as they come to terms with…

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Natasha Reddington-Romanov: Tributes paid to trans “icon of Soho”

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Tributes have poured in following the tragic death of ‘Soho icon’ Natasha Reddington-Romanov. Natasha, 55, was last seen in Central London around 2am on 20 September. Her subsequent disappearance was described as “very out of character”, with her close friend Tracy Kawalik telling The Standard that “the first thing that came to mind was that it could have been a hate crime” due to her trans identity. “She’s incredibly vivacious. She’s a tough cookie. Did someone go to rob her? Did she say the wrong thing to the wrong person?”…

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‘Trans and non-binary rights need everyone working together’

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Philip Baldwin speaks with activist and founder of Trans in the City, Bobbi Pickard, about ongoing ‘injustices’ faced by trans and non-binary people in business. WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN Bobbi Pickard is a prominent voice on trans and non-binary rights and has been campaigning for over 20 years. In 2017, Bobbi founded Trans in the City, the largest organisation for trans and non-binary people in business. It was privilege speaking Bobbi Pickard, learning more about what motivates her and the inspirational work of Trans in the City. What motivated you…

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Kate Nash: ‘People seeing the exploration of gender as a threat to feminism have it wrong’

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The British singer-songwriter speaks with GAY TIMES about her lauded fifth album, the need more for “union” between feminists and trans people and the future of her cult queer comedy GLOW. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DORA PAPHIDES FASHION BY RÍON HANNORA MAKEUP BY OONAH ANDERSON HAIR BY YO ALEXXI KRUIZ SET DESIGN BY MACY TRIEU-DINGLE SET ASSISTANTS ERELIN CRAY, DOM BLENCOWE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR LIAM JOHN LIGHTING ASSISTANT JOSH HAMMAREN “Rhonda would be such a good vampire slayer,” Kate Nash (correctly) says of her Britannica wrestler-scientist in GLOW. Minutes into…

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Waterstones responds after sacking employee who ‘stood up for trans rights’

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Waterstones has issued a statement after firing an “exemplary” bookseller who criticised an author for their gender-critical views. Tilly Fitzgerald, a book influencer who shares reviews of novels on her TikTok page Tilly Loves Books, revealed that she was “sacked from the only job I’ve ever loved” for threatening to bin the books of Christina Dalcher. “She’s not huge, but apparently she has enough sway to get me sacked,” Fitzgerald told her followers in a tearful Twitter/X video. “I told her on Twitter that I was going to throw away…

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Trans woman stabbed in hate crime, three boys arrested

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Three boys have been arrested after stabbing a transgender woman in what is being described by authorities as a hate crime. On Tuesday (2 July), Cleveland Police said armed response units reacted to “reports of an assault by a group of teenagers with a bladed weapon” in Norton Road, Stockton. The attack occurred just before 18:00 BST. The victim, in her 20s, was discovered at the scene with a stab wound to her leg. She was taken to the hospital for surgery, while the three boys – aged 12, 14…

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UK government announces ’emergency puberty blocker ban’ for new patients

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The UK government has announced an “emergency ban” on puberty blockers for new patients. According to GOV.UK, new legislation states that “no new patients under 18 will be prescribed” gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues as treatment for “gender dysphoria or incongruence”. These are medicines that “consist of, or contain” buserelin, gonadorelin, goserelin, leuprorelin acetate, nafarelin or triptorelin. “The NHS stopped the routine prescription of puberty blocker treatments to under-18s following the Cass Review into gender identity services,” reads a statement on GOV.UK. “In addition, the government has also introduced indefinite restrictions to…

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‘We deserve a government that respects the needs of the trans community’

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Following the prime minister’s “callous” comments about the trans community earlier this week, Just Like Us ambassador Deia Penn stresses the need for more “healthier discussions about identity” from government officials. WORDS BY DEIA PENN HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN On Wednesday, the Prime Minister stood up in Parliament and mocked trans people in the presence of Esther Ghey, the mother of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey. In his attempt to score political points, he showed a lack of human empathy. It’s something that now commonly characterises our conversations about trans…

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‘Changing our language takes some work, but trans and non-binary people are worth it’

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This Trans Awareness Week, Just Like Us ambassador Tallulah Guard urges people to “consider pronouns and misgendering in a different light”.  WORDS BY TALLULAH GUARD HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN If I had a pound for every time I told someone that I use they/them pronouns, my coffee shop habit would be funded for life. If I got a bonus pound for every time someone got my pronouns wrong, I’d be well on my way to the purchase of an industrial espresso machine. Misgendering – others describing you with gendered language that…

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Miss Netherlands: Rikkie Valerie Kolle makes history as first-ever trans winner

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For the first time in history, a transgender woman has won the Miss Netherlands beauty pageant. Rikkie Valerie Kolle, from Breda in the South Netherlands, was crowned on 9 July by her predecessor Ona Moody and the current Miss Universe, R’Bonney Gabriel. Following her historic win, the model told her Instagram followers that she’s “so proud” of her win and what it means for the transgender community. “And yes I’m trans and I want to share my story but I’m also Rikkie and that’s what matters to me,” she wrote.…

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