Coming from the beauty industry, even all those years ago, you would be surprised how many people wear a wig.

However, many trans women even with little sometimes refuse to wear a wig, and indeed we often salute a cis woman who goes out with little or no hair when it is due to a medical condition, so the bottom line is anything goes!

Wearing a wig is no big deal these days, and there are plenty of celebrities who openly admit to wearing a wig or come out years later and admit he/she/they wore or wears a wig.

The most apparent UK celeb would be Ester Rantzen who came out in 2013 saying she had worn a wig for thirty years!

While at college, I had to learn wig making as part of my City & Guilds qualification but since that time they have moved on a great deal.

The best brand wig I have found is Ellen Wille and the Hair Society range, in particular, is very good. If you are a blonde, I would also recommend going for a “rooted” look as it looks more natural.  Being “old school,” I would always go for a wig that is your natural colour and as you get older, if you are a blonde, go up a shade or two.

The Hair Society range is award-winning, light, and most importantly, comfortable. The range is not cheap but haggle for a price from a dealer, and you can often get a 25% discount.

 

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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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