This week on another exciting* episode of What the Trans?! Comrades Alyx, Flint and Ashleigh go over: *your mileage on the use of this term may vary. References: Action Alley Trans Liberation Front Brighton Protest – April 12th Bristol Against Posie Parker Counter-protest – April 13th Supporting hormone services in Continue Reading
Why I left the NHS LGBT Sounding Board Group
Last week I made the decision to resign from the NHS LGBT Soundingboard. At this point some of you are probably going, ‘Huh, what’s that then?’, so some background is probably in order first. The Soundingboard started about three years ago as an initiative between NHS England and LGBT Foundation, Continue Reading
Osaka High Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling, Finds Lack of Marriage Equality Unconstitutional [Updated]
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(Photo: Osaka High Court, by Topgun1997 via Wikimedia Commons) On 25 March, the Osaka High Court found that the country’s lack of marriage equality was unconstitutional. This makes the fifth high court finding Japanese law to be out of step with the country’s constitution in regards to marriage equality. Significantly, Continue Reading
What the Cis?!
APRIL FOOOOOOLS!!! This week Dan and Owen discuss bad comedians, woke videogames, and have an interview with a supposed ally that went… badly….
Trans Woman’s Petition to Change Legal Sex Without Divorce Rejected by Kyoto Court
(Photo by Mikhail Pavstyuk at Unsplash) On 19 March, the Kyoto Family Court rejected a petition brought by a married trans woman to change legal sex. The petition stemmed from the fact that Japan’s legal transition law requires a person to be unmarried. The petitioner has already expressed her intention Continue Reading