The Translucent team accept the prestigious Community Organisation LGBT award at the 2022 National Diversity Awards (NDA2022)

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Transgender Facts

1/ Introduction

The history of gender-diverse people goes back over 2000 years. Being transgender is not a choice – it’s a matter of survival and transition is one of the most difficult journeys in humanity.
In England and Wales one in every one hundred and sixty people identifies as trans, non-binary or gender diverse. In total there are 48,000 trans men and 48,000 trans women.

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2/ Culture War

The far-right "culture war" waged by some Conservatives in the UK targets trans women.
Predominantly based in the US but with offices in the UK, global trans-hostile 'gender critical' hate groups along with the well-funded evangelical far-right aim to eliminate trans people from participating in everyday society.

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3/ Hate

In the UK, trans-hostile articles from the right-wing press have risen 12,700% in the last decade - Currently, this equates to around 18 articles per day.
In England and Wales, trans hate crime has risen by over 1513% in the last decade.
On average, 364 hate crimes are reported every month, invariably by trans women.

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4/ De-Transition

Evidence indicates only 2% of those who transition later regret their decision - they are almost exclusively assigned female at birth.
One of the lowest ‘regret’ rates of ANY medical intervention.

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5/ Children

While the number of children identifying as trans is increasing, only one child in a thousand is registered at the Tavistock Gender Clinic.
In the UK, ONLY adults aged over eighteen can have gender-affirming surgery.

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6/ Health

Trans people are around seven times more likely to take their own life than cisgender people - this is often because the average waiting time to see a gender specialist on the NHS is well over ten years.

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7/ Sport

There is only one trans woman athlete in the UK at the elite level.
Despite complying with testosterone suppression regulations as per international requirements, she has been banned from competing with females. Because of her testosterone suppression she is unable to compete in meaningful competition in the so called “open” category.

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8/ Sport

Trans people have been able to participate in the Olympic Games since 2004.
Since that time, over 70,000 cisgender people have reached the finals, while only one trans woman has.
She finished last.

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Human Rights

JK Rowling Hateful, Offensive or Transphobic?

By PaulApril 6, 2024 Feature Story 16 Mins Read

JKR may insist we have the right to insult and offend, but with great power comes great responsibility

EHRC and GANHRI – A Statement

By StephMarch 29, 2024 Feature Story 13 Mins Read

EHRC and GANHRIGANHRI The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions brings together and supports national human rights institutions to promote and protect human rights Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions https://ganhri.org – A Statement On February 28, 2024, TransLucent.Org.UK was scheduled to meet Baroness Kishwer Falkner, the chairwoman of the EHRC, and two EHRC commissioners. However, on February 26th 2024, we learnt that Baroness Falkner could no longer attend, and we were subsequently told that while a meeting…

Anouncements

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Translucent Achievements.

By Translucent TeamMarch 28, 2024 Announcements 3 Mins Read

We are an award winning advocacy group who fight for TGDTGD Acronym: TGD : Transgender and Gender Diverse A fairly new acronym created to replace "Trans and Gender Non-Conforming". Further Information https://worldsexualhealth.net/transgender-and-gender-diversity-tgd-committee/ people’s rights & investigates anti-trans activities. Find out what we have achieved. #transrights #equality

Culture War – The Elimination of Transgender People

By StephSeptember 21, 2023 Campaigns 6 Mins Read

Culture War – The Elimination of Transgender People If you asked most people in the UK what a culture war was, they would not have the faintest idea – yet ‘culture war’ is a phrase used regularly by our media, particularly concerning the boat and trans people – real human…

Healthcare

Gender dysphoria is not like sunshine: Finnish analysis of suicide risk is seriously flawed

By RobMarch 15, 2024 Feature Story 10 Mins Read

An eye-catching conclusion Ruuska et al’s (2024) paper in BMJ Mental Health compares two groups of young people in Finland.1 The ‘gender dysphoria’ (GD) group comprises more than 2,000 people under 23 who had been referred to one or other of the country’s gender identity clinics. An even larger ‘control…

Investigations

The EHRC’s Political Independence is a sham

By ClaireMarch 24, 2024 Articles 8 Mins Read

There are a number of foundational standards and principles that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are required to abide by in order to retain their ‘A’ status accreditation rating as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). These are known as the Paris Principles, which were defined in 1991…