“Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse, it did”, said TransActual’s Managing Director, Helen Belcher, today (25 October 2022). “This afternoon’s appointment of Kemi Badenoch as Minister for Women […]
Author: TransActual Editor
TransActual welcomes the majority of recommendations in the 8th version of WPATH’s standards of care. The new version, on the whole, represents progress in attitudes towards trans people and our […]
“Most trans people are incredibly apprehensive about Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister”, TransActual’s Managing Director Helen Belcher said today (6 September 2022). “We are all too aware of her statements […]

A quick canter through the anomalies of drug prescribing in the UK; what’s wrong with the system; and why, if you tried to design a system to make life difficult for trans kids you would be pushed to come up with a more toxic one.
Responding to Monday’s parliamentary debate on non-binary rights (23/5/22), Keyne Walker, a spokesperson on non-binary issues for TransActual said: “It is clear that the debate today was almost entirely disconnected […]
“The news that the UK has fallen still further down ILGA’s European Rainbow List is sad – but also sadly inevitable.” That was the verdict of Helen Belcher, chair of […]