Yay! Another easy blog today. I love Twitter and all my followers because they are starting to write my blog for me!  I have noticed over time how much weaker I have become. I really struggle to take the rubbish out, cant plank very well when exercising and my push up count has dropped by about forty per cent. Today I can reach just eight push-ups, which for someone who takes great care of my body is pretty lousy, to say the least. The reason is because of my surgery – I no longer produce testosterone (often known as “T”) and the fact that I “run” on estrogen (known as “E”) – the same as a natal female.

My blood results prove this. My T level averages at 0.55 my E level averages at 174. 

I tweeted about this as in bold – the replies I received are shown below. 

Opponents say trans women retain our strength after transition. So why do I really struggle carrying the hoover upstairs?

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Steph Richards (she/her) is a 74-year-old human rights activist, intersectional feminist, and recipient of a 2023 Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Award. Holding a Gender Recognition Certificate and "post op", she is the founder and Chair of Translucent.Org.UK, which was named LGBT Organisation of the Year at the 2022 National Diversity Awards. Steph was also shortlisted as a Positive Role Model for Gender at the 2025 National Diversity Awards. Steph’s leadership spans political, healthcare, and community advocacy. She served as the Women’s and LGBT Officer for the Portsmouth Labour Party (2021–2024), co-founded the Women’s Action Network (Portsmouth), and is a former CEO of a women’s health charity. A passionate champion for women's healthcare, she possesses extensive expertise in baby loss awareness, actively defends UK abortion rights and is a member of "Women Against the Far-Right". Calling out VAWG, Steph has researched and written about 125 women and girls killed by a man. A prominent voice in national media and debate, Steph has been featured live on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Anti Social, Good Morning Britain, Times Radio, LBC, GB News, and Channel 4 News. In 2023, she debated trans human rights alongside Harvard biologist Dr. Carole Hooven at a prominent US university event.

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