Transition in Iran? The Ayatollah Allowed It!
Maryam Molkara’s struggle, religious permission for transition and trans people’s experiences in Iran.
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Empty Promises: Another Strategy Instead of Action
What state strategies promise on LGBTIQ+ rights, and why plans need to turn into action.
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Legal recognition, accessible healthcare, privacy, safety and protection for our families: the trans community’s demands and the changes we are fighting for in Ukraine.
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What research says about children of trans parents and why restricting family rights does not protect families.
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The history of trans-exclusionary feminism, its political alliances and the myth that pharmaceutical profits explain transgender people.
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What studies of genes and the brain tell us about gender identity, and why it cannot be forcibly imposed.
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David Reimer’s story, John Money’s experiment and an attempt to impose gender through upbringing.
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Religious arguments against trans people, merism in Genesis and examples of trans-inclusive Christian churches.
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What deadnaming is, why it causes harm and how laws and courts in different countries respond to it.
Read the articleBeing Non-Binary: A New Trend… Or Not?
Myths about non-binary people, their trans experiences, the prevalence of non-binary identities and research on the brain mosaic.
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Trans lesbians are an integral part of the lesbian community. On invisibility, rejection and the guilt that should never be ours.
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What “trans egg” means, how the meme spread on Reddit and why irony and safe spaces can make self-discovery gentler.
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A Kharkiv woman’s court case, the myth of “draft dodging” and the harm caused by prejudice against trans people.
Read the articleThe Civil Code and the Right to a Family: “Forget About It”
How the February draft of the new Civil Code threatened recognition of same-sex families and trans people’s marriages.
Read the articleStealth: The Other Side of Coming Out
What living stealth means, why trans people choose it and who can access it.
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On trans lesbians, sexual identity, internalised stigma and inclusive spaces.
Read the articleThe Trans Flag: More Than Just a Banner
The history of Monica Helms’s flag, alternative designs and the meaning of trans symbols.
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Why an asterisk was added after “trans”, whom it was meant to include and why terminology changes.
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Gender, gender identity and trans experience, explained through idealist and materialist approaches.
Read the articleICD-11: Long-Awaited Depathologisation
What ICD-11 changes for trans people, and why depathologisation does not mean losing access to healthcare.
Read the articleA Spectre Is Haunting Europe — the Spectre of Transphobia
A review of TGEU and ILGA-Europe’s 2025 indices: the rollback of trans rights in Europe and the situation in Ukraine as of 17 May 2025.
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What AFAB, AMAB and AGAB mean, and how these abbreviations help us communicate concisely and sensitively without denying anyone’s identity.
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What sex assigned at birth means, and why the term supports inclusive, neutral and well-founded communication.
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Chromosomes, hormones, sex characteristics and identity: why human experience does not always fit into two universal categories.
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On the politicisation of trans bodies, the UK Supreme Court ruling and the rhetoric of “biological sex”, in the context of the original post.
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