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.

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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At 21.54 hours on Sunday 28 February 2021, a quiet town in Gloucestershire called Winchcombe hit the headlines for an out of this world news story, literally and metaphorically. Witnesses report hearing a sonic boom and others observed a fireball streaking through the sky, and for one individual who had, luckily, just finished washing his car, a meteorite the size of a golf ball and speed of a striking bullet, smashed onto his driveway; but for a fluke of timing, he would be dead. From this day forth should all of us when washing our cars, do so under the safety…

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