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Transgender woman refused female pension.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Interesting article in the Guardian which is about a transgender woman who stayed married and thus never got female legal status and so missed out on the right to a pension. It has been referre ...
Angharad - 2016/08/13 - 7:07pm - 12 comments
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Irony in floods
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item From the Huffington Post. I love this story, nothing like a bit of schadenfreude to cheer us all up. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/evangelist-who-said-natu... What a tit! ...
Angharad - 2016/08/18 - 2:03pm - 4 comments
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US first black transwoman model goes back to 1976
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item The story of Tracey Norman who modelled for Clairol hair dye in 1976. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/21/tracey-norma... ...
Angharad - 2016/08/23 - 9:22pm
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Murder of trans activist in Turkey.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Yet more sad news on the vulnerability of our sisters in other countries. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/23/murder... ...
Angharad - 2016/08/25 - 3:12pm - 7 comments
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Alexis Arquette dies
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Actor and activist Alexis Arquette has died aged 47. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/11/actor-and-activ... ...
Angharad - 2016/09/12 - 6:27pm - 3 comments
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Pakistani hijira presses for prosecution of rapist.
Angharad's blog Author: Angharad Caution: CAUTION: Rape / Sexual Assault Blog About: News Item From the Guardian, an article about the stand taken by a Pakistani transwoman who was raped and who demands the prosecution of the rapist. https://www.t ...
Angharad - 2016/09/13 - 11:14pm - 2 comments
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Problems in Canada?
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item An interesting item in the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/19/canada-gender-... ...
Angharad - 2016/11/22 - 7:48pm - 12 comments
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Worries of UK parents with TG children
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item It appears after the child of a divorced parent was removed from her custody because she allowed the child to dress as a girl has encouraged other separated or divorced parents to challenge the ...
Angharad - 2016/11/22 - 4:52pm - 4 comments
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Vogue model Hanne Gaby Odiele comes out as intersex.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item According to MSN see the link below. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/vogue-model-hanne-ga... ...
Angharad - 2017/01/27 - 8:11am - 3 comments
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Trump administration rescinds protection for Transgender students
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item For those who haven't heard it, the White House has rescinded the toilet protection that the Obama administration enabled. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/22/transgender-... ...
Angharad - 2017/02/24 - 1:42pm - 34 comments
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Another article in the Guardian on the bathroom business.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item At least the author has done some research on this one. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/just-the-fac... ...
Angharad - 2017/02/24 - 8:24pm - 2 comments
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Woman's Hour, Jenni Murray in hotwater
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item For an article in the Sunday Times she wrote in which she apparently suggested that transwomen are not real women. It got a mention in the Guardian and some of the comments are more interesting ...
Angharad - 2017/03/08 - 10:21am - 8 comments
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'Transgender rapist moved to women's prison after sex change.'
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item One from the BBC. A tricky one, not sure if she would be safer in a women's prison or not and to be honest, given the crime she committed, I'm not sure if I care. http://www.bbc.co.uk ...
Angharad - 2017/03/21 - 9:20pm - 10 comments
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'Death by a thousand cuts'.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Human rights groups in the US are worried about what the White House is doing to various bills regarding lgbtq protection and the fact that the proposed census will no longer collect informatio ...
Angharad - 2017/04/01 - 7:09am - 3 comments
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The latest in transatlantic technology with Virgin
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item See attached video but take note of any numbers you see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ob-5eC8uw ...
Angharad - 2017/04/02 - 3:51pm - 15 comments
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Inquest report on Vikki Thompson
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item From the Guardian, an inquest report on a young transgender woman who hanged herself at Leeds Prison in 2015. It makes quite uncomfortable reading and as with so many of these cases, these youn ...
Angharad - 2017/05/25 - 8:57am - 1 comment
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Largest state with the smallest minds
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item The lone star state has apparently passed 'bathroom' legislation against transgender students, showing that the conservatives who control things there are still bent on bashing anyone ...
Angharad - 2017/05/23 - 7:10am - 4 comments
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Making a point about dress codes and hot weather.
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Two stories from the Guardian about boys or men wearing skirts to school or work when their dress code prohibited shorts. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jun/22/teenage-bo... https:/ ...
Angharad - 2017/06/25 - 5:09pm - 5 comments
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Two articles from the Guardian
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item It seems we haven't quite cracked it in UK schools for transgender children. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jun/27/half-of-tr... Possibly one answer to the above. https://www.t ...
Angharad - 2017/07/02 - 12:06am - 5 comments
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Philippa York to work as commentator on ITV4 TdF
Author: Angharad Angharad's blog Blog About: News Item Who is Philippa York? Only one of the greatest British cyclists of all time in her previous life as Robert Millar, who has announced her new identity. I attach a link from the Guardian (where e ...
Angharad - 2017/07/09 - 1:37am - 6 comments