A new package of work to ensure transgender people are given the support they need – including a review of the Gender Recognition Act – has been unveiled by Women and Equalities Minister, Nicky Morgan today.
We know that for some transgender people, the legal process to change their gender has proved …
more ...Legal processes for registering a change of gender are to be overhauled to make them less distressing for transgender people.
The move is part of a package of reforms unveiled by the equalities minister, Nicky …
more ...Many trans people have reacted in anger to the UK government’s trans equality report released today (7 July).
The new package, which includes a review of the Gender Recognition Act, says very little of note.
Nicky Morgan, the Women and Equalities Minister …
more ...Cassie Wilson can pinpoint the moment her daughter Melanie became her son, Tom. They were in the supermarket and Melanie, then two and a half, said: "I don't want to be a girl any more - I'm going to be a boy, and I'm going to be called Tom."
"That was …
more ...Camille is six. Today she is wearing a dress patterned with strawberries and a pink zip-up sweatshirt with Dance printed across the front in sparkly sequins. Her fingernails are painted alternately pink and blue. She likes playing with Barbies. Her favourite Disney heroines are Elsa from Frozen and Ariel from …
more ...Sarah Brown's Blog, UK
Posted on 14 January, 2016
This morning, the government’s Women and Equalities Committee released its first report on transgender equality, detailing its recommendations. They fall into a few broad areas: