Gender dysphoria
A Finnish brand has developed the world’s first ‘tampon for men’ – but trans activists question if this is the right approach.
In this film we follow boylesque and burlesque performer Mark Anthony as they undergo top surgery and perform for the first time in the body that reflects how they identify. The performer is a trans-masculine non-binary drag king who identifies as neither male nor female. Under the UK’s 2004 Gender Recognition Act, Mark’s gender doesn’t legally exist.
Liz Truss says changes will not be made to the Gender Recognition Act, but reveals three new gender clinics will be opened in 2020.
As figures show a rise in children referred to gender identity clinics in the past decade, one teen going through the transition process talks exclusively to HuffPost UK.
By contrast, Virgin Active and EasyGym said they “welcomed” members to use changing rooms of the gender they identify with.
My neurodivergences affect the ways that I use pronouns, even the way in which I name myself the words that my OCD, Tourette’s and dyspraxia make leave my mouth affect my relationship with my gender and my body
Butterfly highlights the often unseen difficulties that trans people face, from using public bathrooms to being told that they’re just going through a phase
