Category: TIN-Bee

What happens when a handful of determined people decide the law should finally recognise their lives? This article tells the powerful story of Manchester’s trans activists who quietly, yet radically, changed the UK forever. Through legal grit, strategic lobbying, and relentless gathering of real world stories, Press for Change proved that you don’t need marches or megaphones to rewrite the rules. Their “Manchester Method” shows how courage, evidence, and human connection can move governments, reshape legislation, and protect the dignity of thousands.

As the New Year draws near, we're looking back at the first year of UoM's first trans+ network, and what a year it's been. Following our foundation, as described in our first StaffNet Article, we were quickly thrown into the harmful political battles brought about by...

Being a parent who is a trans woman can be a complicated experience at times. While I knew I was trans for a long time, I did not come out until later in life. Becoming a parent was wonderful, scary and very emotional time. The joys of being a parent were also reminders that I was not as mum.

My experience of my own gender has never been set in stone. Even when I was in primary school, I remember feeling different somehow. I was a ‘tomboy’ some days, wearing my cousins’ hand me down clothes, playing in mud and fascinated by insects and frogs. Other days, I wanted to dance and sing to musical numbers wearing my grandma’s long frilly nightie. I loved dressing up and pretending I was someone else.

Originally the day of a protest in Boston, Massachusetts, October 26th 1996, drew attention to the harmful practice of non-consensual genital surgery performed on intersex children to make their bodies conform to a gender binary, despite any lack of medical necessity. this was the first visible public act of defiance and brought the issue of intersex bodily autonomy and rights to the forefront.