Trans people are used to fighting for access to gender-affirming health care – but for some, fatphobia is yet another barrier. Running the gauntlet of NHS gender identity clinics for hormone replacement therapy and surgeries has become a trans rite of passage – one that’s especially fraught if you’re a person of colour or marginalised
trans awareness week
Trans supporters protest outside Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). For Transgender Awareness Week, we look back at seven times that trans and non-binary people took to the streets in the last year to fight for our rights. From a relentlessly hostile, institutionally transphobic media in the UK,
Trans people are changing the world for the better. The contributions of the trans community are immeasurable. Around the globe trans activists, lawmakers, entertainers, athletes and authors are making our world a richer place and pushing the needle forward. It’s impossible to write an exhaustive list of the ways in which trans people made waves