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TransActual Launches Transition Access Survey Report 2022

As waiting times for access to transition-related care in the UK spiral inexorably toward ten years, major and timely research from TransActual UK – the Transition Access Survey 2022 – […]

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Autism Features Lived Experience

Trans and Autistic: A girl in name only

When I got my diagnosis two years later, everything started making more sense for me; every time socialising had gone pear-shaped, every time my sensory overwhelm had made me angry and ‘difficult to be around.’ All of those times I had never fit in with others were simply because we weren’t wired the same. 

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Colonialism Family Features International Lived Experience Non-binary

Creative Journeys with The Mollusc Dimension

SJ Zhang writes that healthcare providers need to take into account if you’re a person of colour, because “your background, heritage, your upbringing, [can mean] it’s a lot more difficult for you to come out to your family.”

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TransActual statement on Rishi Sunak’s cabinet

“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 […]

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Healthcare Press Releases and Statements

TransActual response to the updated WPATH Standards of Care

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 […]

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Statement on Liz Truss’s Appointment as Prime Minister

“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 […]

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