TransLucent, a UK-based organisation advocating for transgender and gender-diverse rights, provides numerous briefing notes and articles addressing various issues. These cover topics such as transgender people in prisons, healthcare misinformation, the impact of gender-critical feminism, and the culture war surrounding transgender identity. The site also features personal narratives and responses to current events impacting the transgender community. The organisation is run by an unpaid, volunteer team and relies on donations. Their materials aim to inform and advocate for policy changes and increased understanding.
Here is a list of articles appearing on our home page.
Paul Embery’s blog (21st February 2025) post raises concerns about the trade union movement’s stance on sex-based rights and transgender issues. While Paul positions himself as a defender of women’s rights, a closer look at his arguments may reveal potential transphobic undertones. Continue Reading Trade Unions Have A Woman Problem – A Response to Paul Embery’s Blog
“Never Again” A Promise Betrayed, A Future Unwritten. Part 2, highlights the similarities between the discrimination against trans people today and the tactics used against Jewish people in 1930s Nazi Germany, warning of the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need for action to prevent history from repeating itself. Continue Reading “Never Again” A Promise Betrayed, A Future Unwritten. Part 2
The interplay of chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy, along with conditions like Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, complicate the traditional binary definition of sex, leading experts to view it as a spectrum. Continue Reading Beyond XX and XY – The Spectrum of Sex
Outline of the Online Safety Act (OSA) 2023 and its implications for transgender individuals, including measures to address illegal content and hate speech online. Continue Reading Online Safety Act (OSA) 2023 – What it means to Trans People
What is a Hate Group? – Briefing Note: This briefing note defines hate groups as organisations that attack or malign entire classes of people based on immutable characteristics, and it discusses their activities, monitoring, and criticisms.
Continue Reading What is a Hate Group?
The Scottish government should take action to protect women at work: This article addresses and refutes claims made by “Sex Matters,” emphasising the importance of trans inclusion by drawing on the Equality Act 2010 and the Amery and Mondon Review.
Continue Reading The Scottish government should take action to protect women at work – Responding to Sex Matters
This article addresses and debunks claims made in another article that a UN official is under fire for acknowledging biological reality, arguing that the perspective in the original article is misleading and counters the scientific understanding of sex and gender, as well as the definition and impact of transphobia.
Continue Reading UN official under fire for acknowledging biological reality – debunked
Organised transphobia uses strategies like othering, moral panics, and populist discourse to undermine trans rights. These tactics involve portraying trans people as a threat to society, thereby justifying discrimination. Continue Reading Strategies in Organised Transphobia – Briefing Note
“Never Again” A Promise Betrayed, A Future Unwritten. Part 1, draws parallels between the demonisation and social obliteration of trans people today and the treatment of Jewish people in 1930s Nazi Germany, cautioning against repeating history.
Continue Reading “Never Again” A Promise Betrayed, A Future Unwritten. Part 1
Trans Lives – A Poem Trans lives begin with names assigned, yet our souls within are differently inclined; through dysphoria’s…
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