To kick of our Gender Month, Karen Pollock expresses her disappointment with celebrities who want to police who is "trans enough".
Tag: transphobia
When employers are transphobic: the enemy within
Due to the content of this post, the writer has request anonymity to be able to safely reveal the struggle of working for an organisation that aids transphobia.
Et tu, Chimamanda?
Guest writer Sam Hope reflects on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi's recent pronouncement on trans women and challenges the notion of 'real women'.
From a lesbian-loving lesbian to AfterEllen: Please don’t break my heart
Guest writer Caitlin Logan shares her thoughts and feelings on AfterEllen’s worrying proximity to anti-trans politics.
Julie Bindel’s transphobia is a constant source of trauma
Opinion is not expertise: Post-truth media commentary on LGBTQ+ issues
Karen Pollock explores how in asking a transphobic academic to comment on support for gender non-conforming children, 'Metro' highlights the rotten core of our current media.
Mermaids and the Daily Mail
Karen Pollock responds to the Daily Mail attack on the charity Mermaids
Queer people of color & criminal (in)justice, Part 1: classification and incarceration
In this multi-part series, Michael Paramo explores some of the intersections between queer people of color and the criminal justice system. Part one focuses on the classification and incarceration of queer people of color.
Let me line up the f*ggots and the tr*nnies for you
The anti-PC brigade are at it again. It turns out we're still oppressing them by objecting to their hatefulness.
Don’t patronise us with the emptiness of #prayfororlando
Whilst it's always heartening to have support, Jon B explains why, in his view, #prayfororlando is a hollow gesture that diverts people from taking real action against hate.
The Queerness 