Author: Translucent Team

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A team of authors with a mission to advocate for and promote the UK’s Transgender and Gender Diverse community in order to advance visibility, acceptance, legal recognition and healthcare.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom, The Heritage Foundation and Promise to America’s Children – are all organisations that, on the face of it, suggest honesty, decency and respect. On the face of it… let’s dig much deeper. In fact, on some issues, these three organisations work very closely together to promote a trans hostile environment.The Promise to America Children says this in regard to their “promises”.  In reality, step one of their promises is to deny trans kids proper WPATH based healthcare …and steps two and three are designed to make trans kids’ lives as difficult and exclusionary as possible.  The Alliance Defending Freedom…

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Kirsty Miller

It was a Saturday morning, and at last, I was to zoom with Kirsti Miller. Circumstances had forced a postponement on two previous occasions, and once Kirsti arrived for our Zoom meeting a day too early! But we both knew it was going to happen, and we were both excited. Kirsti has a story to tell – and oh my goodness… what a story!

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In December of 2021, I made ten Freedom of Information Requests to NHS Hospital Trusts spread across England. There was just one question:Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you supply the following information relevant to the period 1st April 2020 to the 31st March 2021:(1) How many natal female inpatients complained that a trans woman inpatient was being cared for in the same ward?Some foundations replied within a couple of days – but others took much longer. I blogged about this issue earlier this month, demonstrating my initial findings together with a copy of the reply from University Hospital’s…

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