Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️

@LeverhulmeTrust funded research at @UofGGES exploring UK trans lives, past & present through archival & participatory research. Trans lib now! PI @jaytoddgla

[Theresa Verity @theresaverity]

I was prescribed Puberty Blockers a quarter of a century ago by the NHS's GIDS team.

There are so many things I am able to do today that I could not have been able to do without them.

I have never experienced a health complication from taking them.

They.

Saved.

My.

Life.

[Pinko @pinkomagazine]

We are proud to announce the publication of a new collection of work by queer Palestinians on queer Palestine, to raise funds for direct relief in Gaza https://t.co/novKwbK140

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

Opportunity to take part next week :)

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

Hi! I'm looking to interview trans and non-binary folks age 16+ **in London next week** about strategies & spaces you've used to help you navigate life in the UK. £30 voucher for taking part. You can contact me via email listed below or More info https://t.co/s6We49u6t3. :)

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

Hi! I'm looking to interview trans and non-binary folks age 16+ **in London next week** about strategies & spaces you've used to help you navigate life in the UK. £30 voucher for taking part. You can contact me via email listed below or More info https://t.co/s6We49u6t3. :)

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

Hi! I'm looking to interview trans and non-binary folks age 16+ **in London next week** about strategies & spaces you've used to help you navigate life in the UK. £30 voucher for taking part. You can contact me via email listed below or More info https://t.co/s6We49u6t3. :)

[Non-Binary in Higher Education Project @NBinHE]

We've had a great response to our survey so far - but we want MORE! Especially more students. Help us circulate our cfp if you can💛🤍💜🖤 @Translearning @Genderintell @LGBTSTEMDay @studentpride @nusuk @nehaalnus @NetworkGender @LGBTConsortium @genderanded @UCUequality

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

@LeverhulmeTrust @UofGGES

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

🚨🏳️‍⚧️TRANS LIVES IN THE UK WEBSITE LAUNCH🏳️‍⚧️🚨

Find out more about this research exploring the strategies and spaces that trans people in the UK use and have historically used to navigate UK society, and how you can take part now!

More info soon.

https://t.co/s6We49u6t3

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

.... that 'other lesbians have given me shit because I'm bringing "male energy" into women's space'. Folks have always worked hard to generate queer solidarities! Let's follow in the footsteps of the people who've done so.

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

In celebration of #LesbianVisibilityWeek, an incredible quote from a cisgender lesbian woman in 1990 I recently found, talking about how she has always been there for trans masc people. Cisgender lesbian and trans people + communities have always been interconnected! RT!

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

The author of this letter - written in response to a trans man bothered when others perceive him as a lesbian - also discusses how she has been 'threatened with violence because I've been out with' trans men... 2/3

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

A timely quote from a trans woman in 1985 from some of the archival research I am conducting. Trans healthcare on the NHS is under threat, but it has always been life-saving.

[Sasha Baker @sashabaker98]

I read the whole Cass Review, and wrote about how it promotes conversion therapy with any other name, and treats trans kids, and young adults, with total disdain for @Dazed
https://t.co/bc3UzjvKI4

[Gendered Intelligence @Genderintell]

The Cass Review final report is due this week.

Our youth groups and support line for adults are here for support, listening, and advice: https://t.co/fU2fCvQ4tD

If you're struggling and need to talk to someone, you can contact https://t.co/YFFp6fAqCG, 10am to 10pm every day.

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

There's no mention of the interview on the BBC archive @bbcgenome but this serves reminder that the mainstream media can talk with and about trans folk without the current discourse 3/3 https://t.co/s3nzOfTBOY

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

I have just read a transcript of a @BBCWomansHour interview with two trans men from 1984. It's pretty stunning how respectful - if a bit tactless and intrusive - the interviewer is, and how the interview is just an open conversation shedding light on trans life at the time 1/3

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

It's also pretty stunning that 40 years on from this, it's difficult to imagine such an interview happening on the same terms - just trans people sharing insights to the wider public. 2/3

[Trans Lives in the UK Project 🏳️‍⚧️ @transRRR]

A crucial piece of historical research - really looking forward to reading this.

[𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚 @eliottcats]

I finally uploaded my Masters thesis - Writing a Trans History of AIDS in Britain - to ORA. Accessible for anyone to read :)
https://t.co/8zvYSGywGw

[Birmingham LGBT+ Centre @birminghamlgbt]

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