At Translucent, we advocate for and promote the UK’s transgender and gender-diverse community to advance visibility, social acceptance, legal recognition and improve healthcare. As part of this, we’ve reviewed articles concerning trans rights in order to:
This personal account describes a trans woman’s life journey from secret beginnings and a challenging transition marked by loss and legal battles to achieving acceptance and anonymity, now overshadowed by fears of rising transphobia. Continue Reading A Trans Woman’s Journey: From Secret Beginnings to Facing New Fears
The provided text debunks The Telegraph article “Trans rights minorities have captured Britain’s institutions” by highlighting its use of reactionary tactics, the creation of moral panic, and the demonisation of trans rights advocates. Continue Reading Trans rights minorities have captured Britain’s institutions debunked
This opinion piece, titled “Naomi Cunningham barrister and Amery and Mondon’s analysis of transphobia” analyses Naomi Cunningham’s views and actions regarding trans rights through the lens of organised transphobia, highlighting her alignment with gender-critical movements and the harmful impacts this has on transgender people. Continue Reading Naomi Cunningham barrister and Amery and Mondon’s analysis of transphobia
This Briefing Note outlines that while the Equality Act 2010 protects the right to hold gender-critical beliefs, the expression of these beliefs is not protected if it results in detriment or harassment towards transgender individuals, who are also protected under the Act due to their protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Continue Reading Gender critical beliefs and the Equality Act 2010
Trump Administration policies and rhetoric constitute a systematic attack on transgender rights that, when analysed through the lens of genocide frameworks like the Genocide Convention and Stanton’s Ten Stages of Genocide, may indicate the early stages of a transgender genocide. Continue Reading Defining Genocide: The Systematic Attack on Transgender Rights in the United States
This review critiques Helen Joyce’s “Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality,” focusing on its arguments against gender identity ideology and its potential impact on transgender rights.
Continue Reading Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality by Helen Joyce – Book Review
Robin Moira White argues that Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 should not be used to exclude transgender employees from facilities, because the regulations were intended to address the lack of facilities for women, predate consideration of transgender people in legislation, and lack definitions of “male” and “female”.
Continue Reading Transgender employees, toilets, changing rooms and the Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
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
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