TransActual are a trans led and run advocacy, education and empowerment organisation. We create resources for the trans community and those seeking to support us, offer training and consultancy, meet with politicians, policy makers and journalists, consult with the trans and non-binary communities and work collaboratively with other organisations.
We always have on a number of ongoing projects, but here are just some examples of the work we’ve done in the past year or so. Check back later in the year to find out what else we’ve been up to!
Ongoing work
- Convening and co-ordinating the Trans Health Forum.
- Convening and co-ordinating the Trans Healthcare Coalition
- Working with partners in and beyond the LGBTQ+ and health sectors.
- Ongoing membership of LGBT+ Consortium, National Voices, TGEU, Just Fair’s ESCR Network, the Ban Conversion Practices Coalition, and other coalitions.
- Working towards the goals of our healthcare strategy.
- Providing information to policy makers on trans people’s needs and lived experiences.
- Find out more about some of the specific issues we’re working on
- Delivering 14 workshops for trans people on healthcare, name changes and rights and protections at work. 98% of respondents to our follow up survey told us they’d recommend the workshop to a friend.
- Providing consultancy and training on trans inclusion and on trans inclusive healthcare.
- Continuing to provide reliable and up to date information on healthcare and the law for trans people and trans allies. Providing accurate and relevant information on trans-inclusive healthcare for healthcare professionals. Our website has had more than 275,000 engaged visitors this year.
- Providing information and signposting to more than 100 individual trans people that had contacted us via social media or e-mail.
- Providing information for trans people and our allies via our social media channels on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon, BlueSky and Threads. Across our social media channels, we have over 76,000 followers. More than 4,600 people receive the TransActual newsletter.
(Metrics correct at the end of 2025)
- Activities to develop TransActual as a stable and sustainable organisation.
- Working to improve the experience of staff, board members and volunteers at TransActual.
TransActual’s recent work
Reports and resources
Briefing for MPs on EHRC Draft Code of Practice
Briefing for MPs on the PATHWAYS Trial
Expansion of the What Do I Need To Know About Medical Transition? resource
Consultation responses and evidence submissions
Joint response to the NHS England consultation on the updated Children and Young People’s Gender Service service specification
Response to the DHSC call for evidence on private prescribing
Response to Scottish Government consultation on hate crime
Participation in NHS England Community Engagement event for the LGBT+ Health Review
Response to Nursing and Midwifery Council Survey on their Code and Revalidation process.
Joint statements and letters
Signatory to Keep Volunteering Voluntary
Joint submission to GANHRI about the EHRC
EHRC campaign
Leaked draft of the anti-trans EHRC code is a call to police the appearance of all women
Launch of “Write to your MP” Tool
Update Following Employment Tribunal Rulings
Statement on the imposed exclusion of trans people from Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute
Statement on launch of puberty blocker trial
Letter to DSIT setting out concerns around data privacy for LGBTQ+ people
Statement on the leaked draft of the EHRC Code of Practice
Events and public speaking
TransActual attended UNISON’s LGBT+ Conference and NASUWT’s LGBT+ Conference
Press and media
Reuters: UK court ruling leaves trans people’s lives in turmoil
Irish Sun: Equality watchdog guidance sparks fears among trans Britons
Big News Network: UK Supreme Court ruling fuels trans rights backlash
Diva: New report details the harm caused by EHRC interim guidance
Diva: Parliament’s back, and so’s the fight for trans rights
Metro: Trans people ‘have had their human rights breached’ after Supreme Court ruling
Metro: “I used to pay £200 for trans healthcare – now I pay nearly £2,000”
Pink News: Major human rights groups call for EHRC to be downgraded over ‘deeply disturbing’ actions
Pink News: UK trans ‘bathroom ban’ to be based on how people look, leaks suggest
The Guardian: Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people
BBC News: Trans girls can no longer join Girlguiding, organisation says
Scene Mag: Trans girls blocked from joining Girlguiding in the UK
ITN report on Girl Guiding decision to change membership policy
Express and Star: Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members
The Independent: Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban
BBC News: Women’s Institute to stop offering trans women membership
Newsweek: Major Women Groups Ban Transgender Members After Court Ruling
Metro: Women’s Institute and Girl Guides ban transgender members
Metro: From Girl Guides to the Women’s Institute, trans people are being told they don’t belong
Women And Girls’ Groups ‘Pushed To Force Out Trans People’, Charity Claims
The New York Times: Two U.K. Women’s Groups Ban Transgender Girls and Women
Chay Brown appeared on Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 show discussing decisions by Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute to change their membership policies
Other
Programme of 3 workshops for community members covering healthcare and workplace rights and protections.
Reports and resources
TransActual Healthcare Professionals Report
Health Professionals Info and Resource Repository
Expanded info and resources on: updating your personal details, updating your medical records, our Research Library, Sources of Support.
Consultation responses and evidence submissions
Submission of evidence to the NHS England LGBT+ Health Review
Response to consultation on EHRC Code of Practice
Joint letters and statements
Letters
Letter to Wes Streeting about his comments on hospital wards
Letter to Nia Griffith expressing concerns about the appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson as the new Chair of the EHRC
Campaigns
TransActual appeared as part of Transport for London’s Pride Campaign, appearing on posters across the TfL network.
Delivery of a 2,800 dossier of responses to the EHRC consultation to the Minister for Equalities
The Trans Loo made appearances at a range of events across the UK
Events and public speaking
Hafsa Qureshi spoke on Be The Riot’s Trans+ Lived Experienced Panel
Hafsa Qureshi delivered training for LGBT Consortium’s Trans Organisations Network (TON) on meeting the needs of Trans People of Colour (TPOC) and faith.
We attended Nottingham Pride, Newbury Pride, Trans Pride Brighton, Trans Pride London, Trans Pride Manchester, Trans Pride Birmingham, Oban Pride and UK Black Pride.
Press and media
The New Feminist: All genders facing discrimination
Diva: TransActual report highlights discrimination and harassment
The Canary: TransActual report collects testimonies of trans segregation
SceneMag: Trans and cis people face “job loss, violence, vigilantism and wholesale exclusion”
ITV: Less than a third of healthcare workers feel properly trained to support trans patients
Pulse: GPs say insufficient medical training is a frequent barrier to supporting trans patients
Pink News: Less than a third of GPs satisfied with training on prescribing HRT for trans people
SceneMag: GPs feel “unloved and unsupported” when it comes to trans healthcare
Other
TransActual’s team expanded: we welcomed a new Policy Lead, Policy Officer and Admin Officer.
Programme of 6 workshops for community members covering topics such as name changes, healthcare rights and workplace rights and protections.
Reports and resources
Consultation responses and evidence submissions
Joint response to stakeholder consultation on the service specification for children and young people’s gender services
Joint statements and letters
Open letter to MPs on the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act
Joint letter to the Prime Minister on the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act
Campaigns
Equality Act: Campaigning to restore our rights
The Dream vs Reality: Trans Liberation Campaign – partnership with Lush and My Genderation
Launch of The Trans Loo
Launch of the Report a Loo tracker
Events and public speaking
Helen Belcher spoke at the Reading trans rights protest on 19th April
Maryam Din spoke at the Nottingham trans rights protest on 19th April
Keyne Walker spoke at the London trans rights protest on 19th April
Chay Brown spoke at the Liverpool trans rights protest on 19th April
Hafsa Qureshi spoke at Stirchley Open Cinema’s 10th anniversary screening of Tangerine
Chay Brown spoke at Trans Pride Plymouth
TransActual had community stalls at Sparkle Weekend and Trans Pride Plymouth
Press and media
International Journal for Equity in Health Transphobia in the United Kingdom: a public health crisis
The Guardian: Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
Gayety: Lush Launches Trans Rights Campaign and Gender Affirming Care Policy in the UK
The Guardian: LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling
ABC: UK rights commissioner outlines facilities off-limits to transgender women after court ruling
BBC: UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
NYT: U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender
Yahoo News: What Supreme Court’s gender ruling means for workplaces, hospitals and sports
Huffington Post: Trans People’s Rights Are Under Threat – This Is How You Can Help
Attitude: Supreme Court rules that the word ‘woman’ in UK law refers to ‘biological women’
MSN: Huge blow for trans rights as Supreme Court says: you are not women
Telegraph: JK Rowling hails victory for women after Supreme Court trans ruling
ITV News: Guidelines for public bodies ‘expected by summer’ after court rules on ‘woman’ definition
AOL: Huge blow for trans rights as Supreme Court says: you are not women
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Ruling bars transgender women access
Inkl: Tears and anger as Supreme Court rules trans women aren’t legally women under Equality Act
Truthout : Anti-Trans Ruling in UK Strips Protections From Trans Women
BBN times: UK Supreme Court Rules on Biological Definition of ‘Woman,’ Reshaping Sex-Based Rights
Sky News: Supreme Court latest: NHS to consider gender ruling – as Lord Coe reacts
NBC: U.K. Supreme Court rules law defines women as someone born biologically female
On 16th and 17th April, we fielded approximately 60 press inquiries, leading in turn to the following appearances or contributions by TransActual Press person jane fae, supported massively by Chay Brown and Helen Belcher, with additional material and appearances provided by Oscar Davies, Keyne Walker, and Hafsa Qureshi. In addition to the articles listed above, we spoke to:
- 5 News
- 95bFM (New Zealand radio station)
- ABC (News channel USA)
- BBC News
- BBC Radio 4: PM
- BBC Radio 4: World at One
- BBC Radio Stoke
- CBS (US TV Channel)
- Channel 5 News
- CNN (US News Agency)
- Global News Canada
- ITV News (multiple)
- LBC (multiple)
- Mediapart (French media group)
- NBC (US News channel)
- Novara
- Radio Hub (UK radio news feeder)
- Sky News (multiple)
- The World (US-based global radio news programme)
- Times Radio (multiple)
Other
Statement on NHS England announcement on a detransition pathway
Response by TransActual to Supreme Court ruling on Equality Act
Community workshops for trans people in the UK
TransActual welcomed our Communications Officer to the staff team.
Consultation responses and evidence submissions
Just Fair 2025 report to: the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (contribution)
Joint statements and letters
Joint statement on the Sullivan Review
Events and public speaking
Delivered five community workshops on ‘Seeking Support from Your GP’, ‘Your Rights at Work’ and ‘Name Changes’, which had a 70+ attendees.
Delivered several training sessions for more than 150 healthcare professionals.
Press
Pink News: Government asked to reject ‘biased’ review by academic with ties to gender-critical group
Metro: Full list of countries issuing US travel warning to transgender people amid ‘detention’ fears
Sheffield Star: Sheffield GP surgery stops hormone therapy for transgender patients
Other
Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility and Eid al-Fitr: A dual celebration of resilience and joy
Nominated for a Diva Award in the Charity or Community Project of The Year category
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