If Being Transgender Was A Job, No-One Would Apply

If being transgender was a job, no one would apply for it. I am not sure how the job description would read, or what the pay would be like, but take it from me, you will not be rich. It costs a lot to transition; think electrolysis, prescriptions, deed poll name changes, gender recognition...

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Three Years On From Its Introduction, Why Hasn't Equal Marriage Produced Equality?

On Wednesday the 29th of March Peter McGraith and David Cabreza will be celebrating their third wedding anniversary. I, along many others, will be celebrating with them. Why? They were one of the first same sex couples to legally marry in 2014 – so this marks a very happy anniversary...

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Why Transitioning Is About So Much More Than Just Genitals

It was my birthday and my then-girlfriend paid for us to go to London as a present. Things had been tense between us for a while over my ‘issue’, one that impacted on just about every relationship I had.
Near the end of the break, we were in the hotel and getting more than a...

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Sexuality Prevents Me From Donating Blood, But Not Stem Cells

I’m a gay man. As a consequence, I am not allowed to donate blood. I share the frustration that many gay men have, while at the same time appreciating that any change in the rules must be grounded in evidence.
It was this frustration that led me to find out more about Anthony Nolan....

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You Can "Cash Me Outside" With That Anti-Blackness

Unless you have been intentionally avoiding the internet for the last month and a half, you have heard probably of Danielle Bregoli. For those of you who are unaware of Bregoli’s online omnipresence, you may know her better by her catch phrase “Cash me outside how bout dat” ― an expression...

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LJ Ferris: All Men (And Women) Are Equal

So, Jenni Murray, and anyone else who says that trans people aren’t not “real” men or women, just because I wasn’t born with a body that you deem acceptable for my gender, it does not mean my gender is less important, that my experience is less real.
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