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Understanding Transgender & Non Binary Identities
I had the honour and opportunity to take part in a TEDx event this year, hosted by TEDx Bath in conjunction with Bath Spa University.
You may have heard the term “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” in the press or media, usually with regards to transgender young people, and in particularly AFAB (Assigned Female At Birth) trans masculine young people.
In this short article we will take a look at what ROGD is, and why it should be disregarded.
There is an often quoted “statistic” thrown around that around 80% of transgender young people “grow out of” being transgender. It’s also called “desistance”, and sometimes erroneously stated as “detransition”.
It’s a figure that is persistently used by trans hostile people and groups to deny trans identities and trans related healthcare to young people, and is often cited as “evidence” that being transgender is just a fad, phase or something trendy.
It’s also highly contested, poorly researched, and , speaking as a trans person - complete and total rubbish.
Here’s a brief explanation why.
Human rights organisation Amnesty International released its Annual Report 20/21 this week - which examines progress on human rights issues by country.
The UK was heavily criticised for failures in multiple areas, including health, racism, immigration, domestic abuse, policing and protest, and LGBT+ rights.
In relation to transgender people, it said :
This article can also be found on the Resources page.
You may have heard the term “Ally” used in relation to LGBT+ people, and are wondering what it is, means and how it applies to you.
This guide aims to demystify what it means and what can be expected of a good “Trans Ally”
We have recently updated our Resources page to include the following:
Terminology Guide - A list of some of the more common terms & meanings that you may come across in relation to transgender people.
Glossary of Gender Identities - A list of some of the more common gender identities and definitions that you may encounter.
This year the theme for International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge.
I was recently asked by the School for Social Entrepreneurs to contribute to an article in Good Finance, and I feel honoured to stand with the other social entrepreneur’s featured.
It is incredibly important to challenge gender equality issues. All women are affected, no matter their background, origin or experience, and those same issues often lead to other negative social effects and outcomes.
By Choosing to Challenge inequalities we can introduce positive change that benefit everyone.
My contribution can be read on the Good Finance Blog here : https://www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/choose-challenge-5-female-leaders-share-lessons-advice
I intended to write a few articles throughout LGBT+ History Month, however the mental toll of dealing with the current state of anti-hostile hysteria in the UK has been too much to deal with, resulting in a mini-break to recentre myself.
Instead, I’m going to close out LGBT+ History month with a look at Magnus Hirschfeld & the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft - an early LGBT+ clinic and research institute, and some of the disturbing parallels with the current situation in the UK.
Today we have a cross-posted guest article by the wonderful Steph at Steph’s Place.
It addresses some of the many misconceptions about trans people, and particularly trans women in sport.
You might be surprised to learn there is an “opposite” term to Transgender.
And that term is “Cisgender”.
Cisgender is a term used as a way to distinguish non-transgender people from transgender people, and has been in use since the 1990’s throughout academia and the scientific community.