Brighton & Hove Green Party celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with a call for acceptance
March 31 is International Trans Day of Visibility – an opportunity to raise awareness of the discrimination trans and non-binary people face.
Transgender News
World Athletics to exclude trans women from female events
World Athletics is to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from female events with the body’s president, Lord Sebastian Coe, saying “decisive action” had been taken to “protect the female category in our sport”.
Mermaids launches report on trans youth’s experiences in sport
The report highlights what trans youth love about participating, along with the barriers they face and the changes they’d like to see schools, sports clubs, coaches make to create a more inclusive sporting world.
Season 2 of The Anti Trans Hate Machine: The Plot Against Equality launches
On Friday, March 31 – Trans Day of Visibility – Translash Media will release season 2 of the podcast The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality (ATHM).
New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) highlights some of the challenges that transgender and non-binary staff can face at work
The research team, from UEA and the University of Valle d’Aosta in Italy, met with 11 Italian trans workers to hear their stories, which were then analysed to understand how their experiences challenged binary gender norms and how they could inform the transformation of workplaces so they become mor
Trans women to be banned from mainstream women’s prisons
The Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab MP have announced that transgender women with male genitalia will no longer be able to be held in mainstream women’s prisons, under new measures coming into force today (Tuesday, February 28).
Documentary on trans comedian Julia Scotti to be released on Trans Day of Visibility, March 31
With breath-taking emotional honesty, Julia Scotti: Funny That Way is a tender, funny and powerful portrait of transgender comedian Julia Scotti that explores the unrelenting courage and humour it takes to be Julia.