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There are better ways to talk about patriarchy www.wearequeeraf.com/transmasc-ap...
Transmasc apologies for male privilege: do we need them?There are better ways to talk about patriarchywww.wearequeeraf.com"Girlhood can be a gift that allows us to grow up with less scrutiny and trauma. "Which can sound backwards - how can you be trans and not feel your childhood was ‘wrong’?"
Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman."www.wearequeeraf.comQueerness is about so much more than who you sleep with: it’s identity, culture, community. By rejecting that, you risk missing out on that joy, belonging and support. www.wearequeeraf.com/heteroflexib...
‘Heteroflexibility’: the new sexual fluidity or queer-baiting 2.0?Queerness is about so much more than who you sleep with: it’s identity, culture, community. By rejecting that, you risk missing out on that joy, belonging and support.www.wearequeeraf.com“After years of monitoring how I walked, how my hands moved, how I stood, strength training taught me how to accept the body I have as mine.”
How accessing strength sports taught me to accept my trans body"As part of my transition, I wanted to get buff, with a muscle bear physique. It's by no means a universal trans-masc thing, but it was mine."www.wearequeeraf.comICYMI: The EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical, intrusive and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature"
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasingThe chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”www.wearequeeraf.comEvery child should be able to play football without worrying about how they look www.wearequeeraf.com/every-child-...
Every child should be able to play football without worrying about how they lookAll kids should be able to play with their friends free of pressure to conform to an ever-narrowing set of standards of genderwww.wearequeeraf.comThe Guardian claimed the BMA had "dropped opposition" to the Cass Review, as did The Times - but Dr Alex Robertson said those reports were "factually wrong"
Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.www.wearequeeraf.comThe medicalised route being introduced in India, like the UK's, is designed to control and limit what being Trans+ looks like www.wearequeeraf.com/indian-legis...
Indian legislation borrows UK's gatekeeping to limit what being Trans+ looks likeThe medicalised route being introduced in India, like the UK's, is designed to control and limit what being Trans+ looks likewww.wearequeeraf.comStories of our joy are powerful - let's use them to fight back www.wearequeeraf.com/stories-of-o...
Stories of our joy are powerful - let's use them to fight backWe need to translate progressive Trans+ data and research into real action by exercising joy as a form of resistancewww.wearequeeraf.comAuthor of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott wrote about being “born with a boy’s nature”, much like Jo in the classic novel.
The not-so-hidden gender diversity of Little Women author Louisa May AlcottAuthor of the classic novel Little Women, Louisa May Alcott wrote about being “born with a boy’s nature”, much like Jo in the classic novelwww.wearequeeraf.com"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman." www.wearequeeraf.com/how-accessin...
Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman."www.wearequeeraf.com"By embedding systemic pressure, government schools guidance constitutes a form of ‘Ambient Conversion Therapy’," says @natacha.bsky.social
English schools to segregate Trans+ kids from toilets – including those who've already transitioned – from SeptemberNew ‘Keeping Children Safe In Education 2026’ (KCISE) guidance sets out in detail the limits now placed on schools on supporting Trans+ childrenwww.wearequeeraf.comJust like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breaking www.wearequeeraf.com/just-like-me...
Just like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breakingWhether t4t's growing visibility reflects preference, politics, or simply the search for relief, it points to something many trans people seek: the beauty of being able to just existwww.wearequeeraf.comThe EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force this week
EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasingThe chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”www.wearequeeraf.comThe BMA said the Cass Review provided no evidential basis for a puberty blocker ban. But that wasn't the story many newspapers told 👇
Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.www.wearequeeraf.comIt was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storyline www.wearequeeraf.com/heartstopper...
Heartstopper's legacy is showing me what trans joy felt like for the first timeIt was transformative to see a trans person who could live their life, be supported through their struggles, and have a positive storylinewww.wearequeeraf.comSolidarity is a spectrum, and if you do it justice, you reach allyship - so how do you get there? www.wearequeeraf.com/what-is-soli...
What is solidarity, really? And how can you do it justice?Solidarity is a spectrum, and if you do it justice, you reach allyship - so how do you get there?www.wearequeeraf.comThe EHRC Code hasn't even come into force yet, but its impact is being felt Malik spoke to people who have already lost access to workplace toilets - others aren't going to work at all
I've been afraid of toilets for years, but now with the EHRC code - I want to fight backAs we enter this period of uncertainty, knowing our rights – and what we can do to challenge this code, which continues to be called “unworkable” by a growing number of MPs – will be critical as we continue fighting to keep ourselves safewww.wearequeeraf.comThe history of the first gender identity clinic reminds us that many systems were built by gatekeepers to restrict our freedom.
The clinical symposium where cisgender doctors formed the UK's gender identity clinicIn the same week 650 million people watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, doctors met to discuss the formation of the UK's gender identity clinic systemwww.wearequeeraf.com