Coronavirus: NHS drops gender question from vaccine booking so as not to distress trans people

Germany and France waded into the EU Covid vaccine row today to back threats to block exports of the AstraZeneca jab to the UK. Chancellor Angela Merkel came out in favour of an EU-first policy and the threat of a ban on exports to third countries like Britain that has been advocated by European Commission … Read more

Leyna Bloom becomes first black, Asian trans model to pose for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Sports Illustrated has revealed the first ever black and Asian transgender model to grace the pages of its annual Swimsuit Issue. Though the iconic magazine doesn’t launch until July, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Instagram account has been unveiling one model a day throughout the month of March — and this morning, they made waves with the … Read more

Trans prisoners ‘disproportionately likely to commit sexual assaults on women’, High Court hears

A policy of placing trans women in female prisons unlawfully discriminates against other women by exposing them to an increased risk of sexual assault, the High Court has been told. A female prisoner, known only as FDJ, is bringing a legal challenge against a Ministry of Justice policy. It allows prisoners to be housed according … Read more

Wife in Britain’s first trans couple to marry after both having gender reassignment surgery dies

Wife in Britain’s first trans couple to marry after both having gender reassignment surgery dies of cancer aged 64 – as husband pays tribute to his ‘beautiful and inspirational’ partner ‘Queen’ Helen Fenlon was prominent LGBT+ activist known for community work She advised prominent institutions like the CQC and CPS on trans policy Helen battled … Read more

Charli XCX breaks her silence about trans icon Sophie Xeon’s death

Charli XCX broke her silence about Sophie Xeon’s death in a statement shared to Twitter on Monday evening. The singer, 28, who had collaborated with the trans icon, hailed the producer a ‘special person’ as she declared she’ll honour her ‘in my grief, through my memories, through my work and through writing things only I … Read more

Joanna Cherry sacked from SNP frontbench after trans rights row

Joanna Cherry is sacked from the SNP’s Westminster frontbench after row over gender recognition and trans rights as widely-tipped leadership challenger to Nicola Sturgeon blasts party chiefs Joanna Cherry said she had been ‘sacked’ from the SNP Westminster frontbench She is widely tipped as a future SNP leadership challenger to Nicola Sturgeon Ms Cherry has … Read more

Trans children are ‘coached’ into giving answers to access puberty blockers, Court of Appeal hears

Psychiatrists fear transgender children are being ‘coached’ into giving rehearsed answers to access puberty blockers, Court of Appeal hears Former NHS trust boss fears parents and friends put children under pressure  NHS changed guidance over ‘puberty blockers’ after landmark ruling last year  Children should not be allowed blockers unless they understand long-term risks  Tavistock and … Read more

Shocking moment ‘a trans woman is deliberately run down’ by motorist

Shocking moment ‘a trans woman is deliberately run down’ by motorist who mounted the sidewalk and hit her A street surveillance camera in Paraná, Brazil, captured the moment a trans woman was hit by the car  The pedestrian was walking on a sidewalk in the city of Cambé on Saturday when the vehicle jumped the … Read more

Trans woman is ‘deliberately run down’ by motorist in Brazil

Shocking moment ‘a trans woman is deliberately run down’ by motorist who mounted the sidewalk and hit her A street surveillance camera in Paraná, Brazil, captured the moment a trans woman was hit by the car  The pedestrian was walking on a sidewalk in the city of Cambé on Saturday when the vehicle jumped the … Read more

Trans girl is desperate to start hormone treatment so she can look like other teenage girls 

A transgender child who started transitioning from male to female two years ago is desperate to start hormones so she can develop breasts like other girls. Zoey Villa, 12, admitted to her mother, Sally Homer, 44, from New York, that she wanted to be a girl two years ago when the mother-of-three noticed she was … Read more