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2017 Round-Up. Happy New Year!

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:December 31, 2017
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Uncategorised
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As we approach 2018 and the planned government consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, which is likely to take place early in the New Year, we look back on the…

Born in Your Own Body – New Book On Transgender Children and Young People

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:December 8, 2017
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Uncategorised
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Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body is an important new book edited by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore and published by Cambridge Scholars. It brings together…

Our thanks to FiLiA

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:November 30, 2017
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate
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Our response to FiLiA's statement in support of a woman's right to speak. info@filia.org.uk To everyone at FiLiA, We would like to express our gratitude to you for your statement…

From Adult Males To Teenage Girls – The Movement From Etiology To Ideology

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:June 29, 2017
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Health Professionals and Organisations
Post comments:27 Comments

(Referral figures from Tavistock GIDS) In the late Sixties, 90% of transsexual adults were male. Fifty years on and the latest published figures from the Tavistock clinic indicate…

A Scientist Reviews Transgender Suicide Stats

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:December 3, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:11 Comments

The transgender suicide statistics above were presented by the charity Mermaids at the Trans Equality Legal Initiative day event in London on November 18, and subsequently shared extensively on…

Transgender Diagnosis And Treatment Of Kids Is Not Up For Debate

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:October 16, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:10 Comments

This week we have had to cross out not one but two upcoming events in our diary, both concerning the transgender diagnosis and treatment of kids. The first of these…

Why Do Teenage Girls Not Want To Become Women?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:October 8, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate
Post comments:9 Comments

To take at face value the idea that children can be "trapped in the wrong body" you have to view these kids as living in a bubble which no cultural…

An Alternative Science Museum Exhibit: Boy Or Girl?

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:September 11, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:13 Comments

This image is from a display entitled 'Boy or Girl?' at the Science Museum, London, as part of the 'Who Am I?' exhibit in the Wellcome Trust wing. We have…

A Response To “Detransition, Desistance And Disinformation” by Julia Serano

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:August 10, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate Transgender Organisations and Activists
Post comments:4 Comments

An article was published recently on the subject of 'transgender children' by Julia Serano, entitled "Detransition, Desistance and Disinformation: A Guide For Understanding Transgender Children Debates." As author of 'Whipping…

Introducing Teddy: New Trans Book For Kids

Post author:Transgender Trend
Post published:June 1, 2016
Post category:Cultural Influences and Debate
Post comments:11 Comments

A new picture book for 0 - 5 year-olds is published by Bloomsbury tomorrow (June 2nd) 'Introducing Teddy - A Story About Being Yourself.' On the back cover it is…