Recent articles have looked at how the Model of Care (MoC) of the National Gender Service (NGS) came to be, who approved it and how
Tag: Transgender
Decisions without quorum in the Steering Group behind the National Gender Service
In my last two articles I first revealed that the Model of Care (MoC) followed by the National Gender Service (NGS) did not originate from
Irish anti-trans group confirms it reached out to far-right journalist Andy Ngo
Anti-trans group The Countess has admitted to contacting the far-right journalist Andy Ngo last week. It came in the aftermath of attacks on the rights
The waiting list for trans healthcare reached a new high in 2021
A new year means we can look back at how transgender healthcare has fared in the previous 12 months, using Freedom of Information (FoI) requests.
Something doesn’t add up for trans healthcare in Ireland
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
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
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