It’s been an important week for children of transitioners in the UK and Europe, as the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that trans people do not have the right to alter their child’s birth certificate. We were quoted in Jo Bartosch’s excellent article on the ruling: https://thecritic.co.uk/mother-means-something/ Here’s the perspective of a frequent…
In the UK, the government is currently holding an inquiry into reform of the Gender Recognition Act. The act was originally written for transsexuals, but there has been a lot of pressure to enable anyone who wants a Gender Recognition Certificate to apply to change their legal status. The original GRA gave some ability to…
Hello! Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, particularly with a few developments happening in the world of interest to children of transitioners. One piece of positive news has been the launch of a new site for trans widows: https://www.transwidowsvoices.org/ It’s a great resource, with lots of different voices of women whose partners have…
‘Seahorse’ is a BBC documentary, recently aired, about Alfred McConnell, a ‘trans man’ who identifies as gay. That’s a person born a woman who believes that they are a gay man. Freddie has been taking testosterone for a while and passes as a man. Freddie likes going to the gym. At some point, for reasons…