Following WhatTheTrans’ earlier piece on same-sex marriage alternatives in Japan, a number of municipalities have either begun listing, or are considering listing, same-sex partners as common law spouses on locally maintained resident registries (details on this development can be read about in “In First, Gay Couple in Japan Wins Common Continue Reading
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Trans Community in Scotland Protests Against NHS and Scottish Government Betrayal
In Glasgow on Thursday, around 400 trans people and allies gathered in George Square to protest the decision by the NHSGGC and Sandyford management to implement the Cass Recommendations in Glasgow and possibly Lothian – effectively banning transition care for under 18s – despite vast opposition to Cass and questions Continue Reading
Celebrating Trans Pride Scotland
Trans Pride Scotland took place this weekend, coinciding with Trans Day of Visibility. The event, held on Saturday, brought hundreds of trans and non-binary people, as well as allies, from across Scotland to Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire for the march and community market event. Kicking off at Howard Park, the march Continue Reading
GET LOUD GET ANGRY’ – CAN-SG PROTEST
Police and protestors clash as trans youth and allies demonstrate outside the Royal College of General Practitioners headquarters on Euston Square on the 23rd of March in protest of the CAN-SG conference taking place inside. ‘This is what community looks like!’ they declare, standing against what they believe to be Continue Reading
OUR STREETS – Feminist March for Liberation
‘Whose streets? Our streets!’ – one of many chants that sounded down the streets of London’s West End on the 8th of March, as the Feminist March for Liberation gathered on this year’s International Women’s Day. Beginning in Soho Square and cut short outside of Charing Cross Police Station, attendees Continue Reading