Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy: Full Expose
On December 2nd last year, the day after the court judgment was handed down in the Keira Bell & Mrs A v Tavistock case, Transgender Trend received an email from…
Keira Bell interview: is Keira ‘reconsidering her journey’?
Keira Bell was interviewed on Monday 4th January on a daily lunchtime Channel 4 Entertainment and Lifestyle show ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’. You can see the full transcript of the interview…
Autism and Gender Dysphoria
The link between autism and gender dysphoria is explored in this guest post by Millie (a pseudonym), an Autistic solo mum, researcher and advocate. Millie was diagnosed with autism late…
The new Department for Education RSE guidance: what should schools look out for?
The new Department for Education guidance on the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education re-establishes common-sense and evidence-based reality in schools. Although the new guidelines are for the RSE and…
Transgender Trend response to the government announcement on GRA reform
Stephanie Davies-Arai, Founder and Director, said: "Transgender Trend welcomes today’s announcement by Liz Truss that there will be no change to the GRA to allow gender self-ID. "Today’s decision protects…
Educate & Celebrate – smashing heteronormativity in the classroom
This is Elly Barnes, CEO of the LGBT organisation Educate & Celebrate, in her own words: “we’re trying to smash heteronormativity … not everyone identifies as heterosexual or as male…
The Proud Trust : Nothing to be Proud of
by Shelley Charlesworth The Manchester based Proud Trust could be a case study in how the trans issue has increasingly come to dominate many groups which were originally set up…
Parliamentary briefing: teaching ‘gender identity’ in the RSE curriculum
Yesterday (February 26) we took part in a Parliamentary Briefing on the new RSE curriculum in the House of Commons convened by the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection…
Diversity Role Models – or role models of conformity to a new ideology?
Diversity Role Models is a high profile LGBT charity providing training in schools, just one of many LGBT charities and organisations whose materials have moved away from the LGB in…
What Questions Should a School be Asking about Mermaids Training for Teachers?
The contributor of these notes is a language teacher and department chair in a secondary school. She has over 20 years of teaching experience in both the UK and international school…