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  1. Dealing with our inner critic

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item An article from the Guardian which may be thought-provoking or even helpful to some. It suggests we are often too harsh on ourselves and that in order to be more kind to others we need to show ...

    - 2021/01/07 - 4:01pm - 2 comments

  2. The reality of cheerleading

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item Cheerleading is part of the American identity and frequently used as a story device or plot on this site. But how much do those of us not actually involved really know about it. A new film clai ...

    - 2021/02/01 - 12:32am - 6 comments

  3. Are Trans children now a political target in US?

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item Three stories from the Guardian, looks as if transgender children are now being targeted by the right-wingers In the US. Not that we have anything to brag about in the UK as the High Court has ...

    - 2021/04/11 - 8:56am - 27 comments

  4. Torrey Peters TS author on transphobia at book prize listing

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item In an interview with the i newspaper, author, Torrey Peters tells of the transphobia she experienced since being long-listed for a women's book prize. https://inews.co.uk/culture/torrey-pe ...

    - 2021/04/11 - 8:56am - 1 comment

  5. Another disappointment.

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item I have always been a fan of Richard Dawkins for his no-nonsense attitude to myths and superstition, science works on evidence not 'imaginary friends'. It appears he feels the same abo ...

    - 2021/04/24 - 9:00pm - 5 comments

  6. Interesting article about remembering consequences of biological sex.

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item The following link is to an article about someone's brother who was a transman and who died of ovarian cancer. The fact that the person interviewed is the deputy speaker of the House of Lo ...

    - 2021/08/03 - 7:36am - 2 comments

  7. FM appears to be down

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item I'm getting a 503 message, so I don't know if it's having some maintenance or just gone phut. ...

    - 2021/08/09 - 11:47am - 13 comments

  8. Non-binary grave discovered in Finland from c 1000 AD.

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item A link to a Guardian story about someone they suspect was Klinefelters who was buried with grave goods of male and female, demonstrating they were respected by the community. My own thoughts as ...

    - 2021/08/14 - 10:15am - 4 comments

  9. Interesting opinion piece

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item Here's a link to a thoughtful and sensible piece from Zoe Williams in the Guardian (where else?). https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/14/langua... ...

    - 2021/10/22 - 2:13pm - 7 comments

  10. Concerning the history of transgender people in the UK

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item This fascinating article appeared in today's i newspaper and it concerns the history of transgender people and how the law treated them. Very few knew of a court case from 1968 which was h ...

    - 2021/11/20 - 12:34am - 9 comments

  11. Anne Galliver 4.11.53- 18.12.21

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my dear friend Anne, who I shall miss enormously. ...

    - 2021/12/25 - 7:40pm - 10 comments

  12. Switzerland to allow change of gender at registry offices

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item I saw a mention of this story in the i newspaper put was unable to find a link to it, I have, however, found another link see below. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-to-allow-simple-legal-gen ...

    - 2021/12/28 - 2:59am - 6 comments

  13. Advice to Judges in England and Wales

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item An article from the Guardian reporting that the 'equal treatment benchbook,' published by the Judicial College suggests more protection for trans people when in court including preven ...

    - 2021/12/29 - 10:50pm - 2 comments

  14. April Ashley has died

    Author:  Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About:  News Item The second British MtF to receive 'sex-change' surgery. She lived a chaotic life of peaks and troughs including the disgraceful divorce case where the establishment, including the lea ...

    - 2022/01/01 - 1:31am - 11 comments