November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We remember those of us who have been lost or taken from us through anti-transgender hate and bigotry, just because they were transgender.
In the last 12 months, 350 trans and gender diverse people were reported killed worldwide.
Read MoreToday we will be looking at the state of transgender specific healthcare in the UK - or rather the lack of it and the difficulty in accessing it.
This article provides a very high level overview of the current process and issues but is not particularly in depth.
There are currently seven Gender Identity Clinics (GIC) across the UK, and each is run as a separate entity. Earlier this year, as part of the whole Gender Recognition Act Reform debacle, the government announced three new clinics would be provided - however this was untrue. The “new clinics” are pilot programmes which had already been announced some time previously by the previous government.
While very welcome, access to these is very limited.
The average wait time for a first appointment at a GIC is now in excess of 3 1/2 years (180 weeks +), and four years ago it was already 2 years.
Read MoreToday, we are delving back into UK Hate Crime, as Galop, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity have just released their Transphobic Hate Crime Report for 2020.
Once again this makes for sobering reading.
Read MoreStarting off easy today with a little push for some lesser known trans related initiatives and resources.
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