This week is Transgender Awareness Week with today being Transgender Day of Remembrance, and as chance would have it I received a response in relation
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The ever-growing wait for trans healthcare
When I first discussed going on hormones with my psychotherapist he asked if I was thinking of going public or private. “I’ve heard about Loughlinstown”,
Feminist researcher: Self-proclaimed gender critical feminists align with far-right views
The deputy editor of the Race & Class journal has warned of anti-trans feminists copying far-right tactics in an effort to walk back trans rights.
Surviving and thriving: The trans community in Ireland
Discussions on the trans community perpetuated by some influential voices in the dominant Irish cisgender chattering middle-classes more often than not consist of negative or
Independent TD calls for state funding for Gript
A member of the Rural Independent Group has called for state funding for alt-right website Gript. Michael Collins, independent TD for Cork South-West, made the
Allyship with marginalised groups means examining your own privilege
The definition of allyship is when a person who is in a position of privilege and power seeks to operate in solidarity with a marginalised
A dangerous upsurge of transphobic narratives in Irish media is putting trans lives at risk
In the past weeks there has been an unacceptable upsurge in Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) and transphobic talking points as well as false narratives being