At Translucent, we strive to advance visibility, social acceptance, legal recognition, and improve healthcare for the UK’s transgender and gender-diverse community. Articles concerning transgender issues in order to:
Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth can develop prostate conditions like cancer and BPH, and while hormones or orchidectomy may reduce risk, it is not eliminated, so they should discuss concerns and PSA testing with their doctor. Continue Reading Promoting Transgender Prostate Cancer Health with Prostate Cancer UK
Beyond Biology: Understanding the Nuances of Gender explains that sex is a biological category while gender is a broader social and psychological concept shaped by biological predispositions, psychological development, and environmental, social, and cultural influences, existing along a spectrum. Continue Reading Beyond Biology: Understanding the Nuances of Gender
We are pleased to confirm that earlier this week, a team from TransLucent, together with two supporting academics, met with officials from the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS to discuss the issue of transgender people held in both the male and female estates. Continue Reading TransLucent Team Meets MOJ and HMPPS Officials
J.K. Rowling’s campaign against transgender rights, framed as safeguarding women, is statistically misdirected as UK data shows sexual violence predominantly comes from known individuals and figures of authority, not the transgender community, who themselves are disproportionately victims of crime. Continue Reading J.K. Rowling’s Transgender Campaign: Misogyny’s Quiet Escape
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
Peter Rainford, a trans ally, discusses the their experiences with and observations on the growing acceptance and subsequent rise of anti-trans activism. Continue Reading We must speak up for our transgender siblings
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
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
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