Lisa Bond is on a very important mission… BY LISA BOND I reached the front of the security line and put my bag in the plastic tray, along with my house keys, watch and phone. The guards looked on sternly as I walked forward, arms raised as in pre-emptive surrender. A peaked cap passed a [….]
In the first of a news series, columnist Lisa Bond takes her first wobbly steps into womanhood BY LISA BOND Once upon a time there was a girl. I’m better at beginnings than endings – isn’t everyone? But that’s how my story began. Unlike most girls, I was completely unaware of the fact that I [….]
“The trauma of survivors like myself has been weaponised against trans women to deny them access to women’s shelters and other vital services” BY LOIS SHEARING I remember realising that I had been raped and sexually assaulted. I was sitting in my childhood bedroom watching Trixie and Katya’s YouTube show Uuughhh on my laptop. It [….]
“Despite the press hype, there is nothing especially new or interesting in this verdict” BY jane fae I don’t know which is worse. The seeming unending procession of legal cases, brought by a peculiar alliance of self-identified “gender critical feminists” and their Christian evangelical buddies, and designed to make life for trans people difficult. Or [….]
“We never get to see a trans woman play a trans woman, so there’s this something new” BY DIVA STAFF Trans actor L Morgan Lee has spoken about her history-making casting in the new theatre adaptation of The Danish Girl about the life of painter Lili Elbe, one of the first people in the world [….]
The cost has been cut from £140 to £5 but changes stop short of “meaningful reform” BY DIVA STAFF The cost of applying for a gender recognition certificate (GRC) has been reduced from £140 to £5, taking affect today (Tuesday 4 May). Introduced under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, a GRC allows a person’s legal [….]
A day of joy, rage, advocacy and activism BY NADIA DAVIES Started in 2009 by US trans activist, Rachel Crandall, Transgender Day of Visibility is a day of celebration – a day for trans* people, in their beautiful diversity, to be visible and proud and celebrated. Here’s how trans and non-binary folks are marking their day. [….]
