Author: Translucent Team

The 5,000-Year Legacy: Gender Fluidity in the Cradle of Civilisation At TransLucent, we often hear that gender fluidity is just a “modern trend” or something invented by the West. However, when we look more closely at history, it becomes clear that gender diversity is not new—it has existed for millennia and was even regarded as sacred in many cultures. In Ancient Mesopotamia—the so-called “Cradle of Civilisation”—gender diversity was at the heart of their worldview. At the centre was Inanna (Sumerian) or Ishtar (Akkadian), the Queen of Heaven, whose power came from her ability to break down boundaries. The Lady of…

WI Support Group: Group aims and objectives: This TransLucent subgroup has been established for all members of the Women’s Institute to gather, discuss, exchange information, and provide mutual support.  Membership of this group is not restricted to WI members; it is open to past WI members, trans allies, allies, and supporters of an inclusive WI. This follows the December 3rd 2025 announcement by the Women’s Institute of England and Wales that trans women will no longer be accepted as members, and that existing members will not be able to renew their membership. Founder of this group: Petra Wenham, a member…

What FOI Data Shows About Trans Women in Single Sex Spaces What FOI Data Shows About Trans Women in Single Sex Spaces —this article is the conclusion from six separate investigations conducted by TransLucent, examining whether transgender women’s access to “single-sex facilities” creates safety or dignity issues in practice. Across local authority toilets, hospital wards, and domestic abuse refuges, the evidence demonstrates that political and media rhetoric about trans women threatening women in single-sex spaces is unsupported by actual complaints. For transparency, the service providers’ responses to our three most recent investigations are available on this website as PDFs.…

Standing Firm: Why Our August 2024 Response to the Cass Review Remains Our Position Since publishing our response to the Cass Review in August 2024, TransLucent has faced questions about whether our critique was fair, whether we overstated the Review’s flaws, and whether we should now accept its recommendations as settled science. Today, we want to explain clearly why we stand firmly by our analysis—and why recent international evidence and clinical guidance make our position stronger than ever. A Growing International Consensus When we published “Responding to the Cass Review: A Solution-Focused Approach,” we were among the first organisations to…

The Sunday Times and the Art of the One-Sided Narrative. By the TransLucent Team At TransLucent, our mission involves campaigning for visibility, acceptance, and legal recognition for the trans community while actively countering the misinformation and disinformation peddled by trans-hostile actors. Following Hadley Freeman’s recent Sunday Times article, “We won the Supreme Court sex ruling. The PM is subverting it,” we believe it is necessary to go beyond merely correcting the facts. We must address the systemic bias in how the media constructs a narrative that purports to speak for all women while silencing the voices of those most affected. Constructing the “Expert”…

 75000 Women Are Supporting Trans Inclusion Dear Not in Our Name (NION) Women, At TransLucent, our mission is simple and unwavering: to campaign for the visibility, acceptance, and legal recognition of transgender and gender‑diverse people in the UK. Every day, we try to counter misinformation, challenge hostile media narratives, and defend the human rights of trans people. In a climate saturated with culture‑war headlines, this work can be exhausting – but today, because of you, we feel hope. Since May 2025, your movement has grown into a chorus of 75,000 cisgender women who have stood up to say, clearly and…

The Equality Act: Why Trans Rights Still Prevail in Tribunals On 16 April, the Supreme Court ruled that, in the Equality Act (EA) 2010, “sex”, “man” and “woman” refer to biological sex, and that a Gender Recognition Certificate does not change a person’s sex for that Act. Time will tell whether this judgment violates Goodwin; however, in our opinion, it likely does.  Needless to say, many gender‑critical (GC) campaigners and their media allies hailed the SC judgment as a “landmark.” Some organisations, including the WI, Labour Women’s Conference, and Girlguiding, have since cited legal risk to justify excluding trans women,…

Anne Health is a UK-based, not-for-profit service offering safe, expert, and timely gender-affirming healthcare for trans+ people of all ages. Founded in response to the growing crisis in care accessibility, Anne provides a full range of remote services, including hormone therapy and counselling, delivered exclusively by qualified human clinicians with a focus on compassionate, gatekeeping-free support. As a charitable organization, all surplus funds are reinvested to provide free or subsidised care for those in need, fostering a future where every trans+ person feels seen and valued. Continue Reading Anne Health: Expert, Compassionate Gender-Affirming Care

Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent, with 36 councils reporting zero incidents and only two receiving single complaints. Continue Reading How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets?

Trans Women in NHS Wards: FOI Data Reveals Only ONE Complaint Amid Culture War By TransLucent Investigative Team The foundation of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) rests on core values: compassion, respect, dignity, and the binding commitment that “nobody is excluded, discriminated against or left behind”. As an organisation advocating for the rights and acceptance of the UK’s transgender and gender-diverse community, TransLucent finds these values to be essential. Yet, this essential consensus is currently under political assault. In October 2023, the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, announced a commitment to change the…