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An Instant Bestseller in the Sunday Times Non Fiction List in its first week of publication. The Transgender Issue written by Shon Faye. I had pre-ordered the book  and have found it to be a really refreshing and compelling read. Shon Faye talks about Trans Liberation rather than Trans rights  and indeed the whole polemic is thatContinue reading “The Transgender Issue”

I find it really difficult to accept that there is a real movement to destabilise opinion in relation to trans people. I have come across an academic article published in the International Journal of Sociology written by Craig McLean entitled the “The Growth of the Anti-Transgender Movement in the United Kingdom. The Silent Radicalization ofContinue reading “Radicalisation”

Another surprise this week. At the Manchester Pride event a gay person was escorted away from the event by the police. As you would expect this has caused some consternation and opinions have been flying back and forth. The person in question was simply wearing a LGB Alliance T shirt. So what is wrong withContinue reading “A Surprise”

I had my annual review with my Consultant Psychologist a few days ago which was an empowering experience as I realised how far I have come in relation to my transition and that, as he confirmed, I have transitioned. One of the topics we discussed was that of transphobia and I had explained that theContinue reading “A chink of light?”

I have been following the GMC Tribunal with interest. From what I can gather the interest in Dr Webberley’s practice came entirely from other professionals who disagreed with the way in which Dr Webberley, as part of her work, gave affirmative care to young people. It seems that these colleagues did not have anything againstContinue reading “Dr Webberley”

Another week and I have been beginning to get used to going out again. To be honest it is only to a limited extent but it is really the first week since restrictions were eased.  I don’t think the rule on wearing face masks should have been lifted in the way it has been andContinue reading “Confidence”

I have been continuing with the voice therapy. It has been really revealing in ways which I could not have possible expected. I have been trying to sort feminise my voice frankly for years with in truth very little result. I have been able to put on a feminine voice (or at best an approximationContinue reading “Secret Saboteur”

In my last blog entry I was concerned about the negative impact of social media and how it causes me a degree of anxiety. in me. The other side of social media can be illustrated by how I have been able to start working on improving my feminine voice. I follow various transgender sites andContinue reading “My voice”

I have been mulling over the whole question of social media. I regularly look at and read all sorts of information on various platforms and in the course of my transition it has been a really useful tool. In many ways a support network. By having insights into other peoples’ lives enabled me to gainContinue reading “Social Media”

As expected this case has now been referred back to the Employment Tribunal who will make a decision as to whether or not Maya Forstater’s behaviour was discriminatory in relation to trans people.  The Appeal decision made no finding and indeed went out of its way to make clear that it was expressing any viewContinue reading “Forstater revisited”