Author: Steph

This is my very first post on the Translucent website, and yes, I am back with my very own section that no one here at Translucent will edit or change in any way! With the original Steph’s Place website soon to be made defunct, part of “the deal” was that I would continue to write a blog…and I could say what I like! How tempting! I could give you insight into how private Twitter DM’s, were made public by (heaven forbid) a fellow trans activist. Why? Because he didn’t like my opinions of being a rad fem! Or I could…

On the 19th of November 2022, the right-wing (some would say far-right) Spectator published an article by Julie Bindel – titled Why is Eventbrite Censoring Feminists? Julie apparently has claimed she is a socialist. Several journalists also claim they have left- wing views but increasingly write for far-right publications, often stating that left-wing ones refuse their work. In her article, Julie praises the work of Karen Ingala Smith, who has written the book ‘Defending Women’s Spaces’, and in her piece uses the phrases ‘transgender ideology’ and ‘trans ideology.’ The truth is trans people are not an ideology – we are simply…

We analyse an organisation that seeks to remove human rights and target TGD people.

Jessica North is the Politics Reporter at the Scottish Daily Express (SDE). Her bio at the Scottish Daily Express reads: Jessica is a Scottish Daily Express Politics Reporter. “Starting out her career as a TV journalist, she moved to print and started writing for the Daily Record where she eventually landed with the politics team at the Express. London born but having grown up in the HighlandBased in Glasgow and Holyrood she graduated from Napier University. She has a special interest in shining a light on culture wars”. If you think that bio doesn’t read great – it’s probably down…

By Steph Continue Reading 20th July – The Women’s Network Event

Labour are not working for trans people just now. Continue Reading Trans Allies and the Labour Party.

Feminism and the gender war. “I talk to Tories, so you don’t have to” was a strapline from a left-leaning former City Councillor I know. Just the same, I talk to some gender-critical (GC) folks, and to my surprise, most of those I have spoken to on a one-to-one basis are decent people. Sure, I have found the odd abhorrent “transphobe”, but they are few and far between. I appreciate that many GC women have been in horrific relationships with men and have often been sexually assaulted or raped. These experiences impact women’s lives forever, and it is reasonable that…

The Daily Mail & News Corp lead the pack against us. Continue Reading The UK Media Know That By Throwing Enough Mud It Sticks

Dear Sharron, Mara, Emily and Jon So, they think it’s all over – well, it is now the Commonwealth Games have finished, and I guess you (and others like you) are proud because you helped #SaveWomensSport. People from over seventy nations ran, jumped, threw, swam, punched, flicked, bowled, dived, cycled, fought, kicked, hurdled, batted, and pole vaulted to gold, silver, and bronze medals in some 280 events. And for sure, some are on the way home happy, hurt, or sad. But one person who isn’t going home sad is Emily Bridges – because you (and others like you) campaign…

  Gender-critical people and trans people rarely agree – but both “sides” are relieved that Tavi is closing. The crux, though, is not Tavi; it’s puberty blockers. Gender-critical people invariably don’t want them used. Trans people want them used much earlier – to be precise, at Tanner Stage Two. Whatever the rights or wrongs of this debate – I would like to moot a sobering thought. For every child prescribed puberty blockers via the Tavistock – two babies pass away suffering from SIDS. If you are unaware of what SIDS stands for, it’s Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. And with better SIDS…