What The Trans!? (The What The Trans Group)

This week, due to being thoroughly exhausted by lockdown-based nonsense as well as bringing in new staff to help this thing become bigger, better and amazing, we took a week off to recharge and rebuild.

BUT WE HAVE NOT LEFT YOU HANGING!

We have dragged out from the vaults our interviews with amazing cisgender allies Oliver Thorn (Philosophy Tube), Linda Riley (DIVA Magazine publisher), Dr Adrian Harrop (LGBT campaigner and NHS doctor/hero) and Amelia Abraham (Dazed Media)! Enjoy!

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This week:

The UN announces that we aren’t crazy anymore!
Emmerdale adds a trans dude to their show!
The press lies!

And Michelle and Ash hatch a plan to give male fish breasts!

On this episode, Alyx and Ashleigh talk about;

• The still awaited conversion therapy ban.
• The EHRC and allegations of bullying
• Ashleigh speaks with Dee from s3xtheorywithdee about the recent leaked guidance for schools, and we try and work out what the government intend to do with their upcoming official school's guidance.

Who The Trans Episode 2! Wild Blue Yonder

A new Doctor Who episode dropped on Saturday 16th December, something spookier and further than The Doctor and Donna had ever gone before! Listen in to hear Alyx and Ben's thoughts on the second episode of Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary specials, in Who The Trans?!

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This week:

Intersex people have so much common ground with trans people, we should support each other! Ash & Meesh talk to intersex trans woman Diana James and intersex activist Izzy MacCallum about what is going on for intersex folks

We analyse the Labour leadership contest candidates!

And Ashleigh is basically a secret agent.

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In this episode, Ashleigh and Alyx break in one of our new hosts, Amber, by talking about:

• Current Health Secretary Victoria Atkins bans the use of puberty blockers for trans young people, but not for cis ones.
• Sarah Jane Baker, held prisoner since July 2023 at the direction of the then-Home Secretary, is freed!
• Attacks on the Equality Act 2010 ramp up as the election looms.
• An update on the UKCP's decision to withdraw their signature from a key document opposing conversion therapy.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep107

This bi-week Michelle and Ashleigh go to the talkies and are horrified at how much film makers want to examine trans people’s junk.

This episode contains spoilers for the following movies:

A fantastic woman

The Danish Girl

3 Generations

Boy Meets Girl

Boys don’t cry

Trans America

Tangerine

Normal

On this week's episode, Ashleigh and Alyx talk about

• The bizarre things Doncaster MP Nick Fletcher has said in the House of Commons.
• A teacher who was fired for refusing to respect a trans student.
• A judge disciplined for his social media outburst to a trans person.
• And Alyx talks about her experiences at the recent protest outside the Royal College of General Practitioners.

References:  https://whatthetrans.com/ep102/

Our collection of Cass review research and interviews, all helpfully together in one place. 

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Who the Trans?! Episode 1: The Star Beast!

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On the 25th November, The Star Beast was released. And in it was the largest trans representation in the show's 60 years history!

Listen in to Alyx and Ben talk about and excitedly nerd out over the special in our brand new podcast series Who The Trans?!.

The first Who The Trans?! episode will be released after the BBC releases the final episode of the 60th anniversary special series.

On this hopefully-interesting episode of What the Trans?! Flint, Alyx and Ashleigh get into the gory details of: 

• Villain of the year 2024 Wes Streeting continues his hot streak by expressing sympathy for the families involved with the Bayswater group.
• A Women & Equalities Committee hearing where two scientists exposed the Cass Screwjob as ideologically motivated.
• A lesson on why you should never trust a single word the Telegraph says.
• Several surprisingly positive news stories. (I know, right?! We didn't think that was possible either!) 
• Our fortnightly foray into the field of failure, with Loser's Corner.
• Flint interviews Vera Drew, the creative mind behind movie The People's Joker, which is soon to be released in the UK.

Ashleigh's Other Podcast: A life on the progressive side | MS Society

Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children. - Petitions

The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship – The Transfeminine Review

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Big episode

We cover Trans Pride London featuring Hollyoak's Ki Griffin, YouTube's Abigail Thorn and Kae Tempest

We get a government document that shows Dr Michael Brady was not the reason GRA reform was binned (as well as showing that this Government suck even more than we thought)

And we look at how the UK media's transphobia has enabled the far right as well as going over the Wi Spar horror show

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This week:

The BBC did bad so Michelle went to MANY PROTESTS

The government's conversion therapy ban doesn't ban conversion therapy?

We talk about kink because, you gotta for the 69th episode

And Michelle stole an award from a child.

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This by-week:

Scotland caves and delays trans rights reform pending another consultation!

The Dems DIDN'T block the trans military ban!

The Times are STILL being sued!

Who will be worse, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt?

...and Michelle and Ashleigh take stock after a year's podcasting!

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- (Possibly) Transphobic gyms?

- GRA reform confusion!

- America is the worst!

- We talk race, racism and being a trans guy with Jackson King!

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We go deep into the US Supreme Court's upcoming LGBT employment discrimination hearings.

The UK has decided to list a Dad as a Mum for no good reason!

Brexit is...well, you know.

The Times is awful! Again!

And Ashleigh plays Untitled Goose Game!

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The I Paper has reported that sources in the Government have said that GRA reform has been postponed indefinitely.

Here are Michelle's thoughts.

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CONTENT WARNING: Our first story this week deals with suicide. Please skip from 07.18 to 14.00 to avoid this, if necessary. This week, Alyx, Ashleigh and Flint go over: 

• The new Equal Treatment Bench Book for the UK's legal profession.
• A Glasgow council member cleared of wrongdoing after comments on a Let Women Speak event.
• Elon Musk getting thoroughly read by his daughter.
• The British Medical Association voting to peer review the Cass review.
• And a debrief of all the Pride events the team have attended over the past few months.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep111

On this bumper episode, Alyx, Ashleigh and Leigh talk about:

• The election and the fallout from it.
• Kier Starmer’s unfortunate statements about trans people.
• Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch and her sniping at David Tennant.
• The RCPsych International Congress suppressing questions about trans people.
• New suggested anti-bullying guidance for use by the Church of England.

EHRC Consultation - Draft Strategic Plan 2025 – 2028 | EHRC

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep109/

On this episode of What the Trans?! Flint, Alyx and Ashleigh spend precious minutes of their lives talking about:

• New segment Action Alley, a dedicated place to highlight protests, campaigns, and calls to action.
• The recent election. No, not that one, the other one, the one where Kemi Badench became leader of the UK Conservative party.
• A woman who was dismissed from her role due to her "gender critical" views is to receive a substantial payout from a tribunal.
• Developments in the EHRC, including Baroness Falkner remaining in post for another year and a deep dive with Sarah from Trans Safety Network about the EHRC's draft code of practise, which is open for consultation until early January.

EHRC Consultation:  Code of practice for services, public functions and associations: consultation 2024 | EHRC

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep118/

For this New Year's Day episode of What the Trans?! USA, Clementine talks to Evan Urqhart of Assigned Media about the recent Supreme Court case.

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Evan Urqhart

This week:

What to do if you are in lockdown with an abuser.

What are the Gender Identity Clinics doing during all this?

And Michelle & Ashleigh are joined by their new producer (and Steam Curator) Jo Ross-Barrett to talk video games to play whilst stuck at home that have PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN IT!

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This week Michelle and Ashleigh chat to Asha and Haven, a trans woman and an agender person who are former members of an anti-trans hate movement ("gender critical feminists"). We ask them:

How do trans people become anti-trans?

What did they experience when they were inside?

How did they escape?

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In this episode of WTT US, Alyssa and Valeriya talk about:

• Slightly less anti-trans legislation than last episode!
• SCOTUS and the Idaho trans healthcare ban
• Libs of TikTok and Planet Fitness bomb threats
• Oklahoma declares wrestling is real?!

References: https://whatthetrans.com/usa-ep04

This week Michelle hands the keys to the show over to Diamond Stylze (Marsha's Plate) as she chats with fellow US black trans people Josephine, Felix and Yannick Taylor (Conversations With The Priestess) as well as UK activist and campaigner Nim Ralph (co-founder QTIPOC London) about Black Lives Matter, police brutality, white supremacy and finding solace in cooking.

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On this episode, Alyx and Ashleigh talk about:

• Laura Pascal and the Hackney By-election
• Kemi Badenoch's obsession with sex
• Wes Streeting. Nuff Said. 

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep98/

On this fortnight's edition of What the Trans, Ashleigh and Flint go through: 

• Scotland's GIC "pauses" all surgical referrals for patients under 25.
• Google providing thousands of dollars of free advertising to three anti-trans groups.
• A cis woman being sent to a men's prison due to her "masculine features".
• Our regular jaunt to Loser's Corner, and:
• A discussion about being trans and disabled, spurred on by the appointment of Dr Simon Wessely as chair of the Children and Young People's Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep117/

This episode of What The Trans contains frank discussions about transphobic violence and deaths by suicide.

In this episode we discuss:

- The story of Eden Knight, a trans woman who was co-erced into detransitioning in Saudi Arabia

- The government has responded to the Brianna Ghey petition

- We go through the best trans movies coming up this year!

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This week:

Michelle talks to Felix and Jo Ross-Barrett about being autistic and being non-binary!

Transphobes are on the march in Scotland!

Celebrities are coming out all over the place!

And anti-trans group The LGB Alliance...released a single? Jesus christ....

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On this episode of What the Trans?! Alyx and Ashleigh go over;

• Problems with GenderGP as highlighted by YouTube's F1nnster.
• The UK Council for Psychotherapy removing its' signature from the 'Memorandum of Understanding of Conversion Therapy in the UK'.
• Trans healthcare for young people in the UK and its' many problems, including but not limited to...
• THE CASS REPORT!! Yes, it's here and it's not very good. We take a look at it, featuring an interview with Dr Cora Sargeant.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep103

In this episode of WTT US, Alyssa and Valeriya talk about:

•  Anti-trans legislation, as always!

• Updates on Nex Benedict

• Conservatives declaring the end times over TDOV

• Joe Biden, who owes me $1,000, failing trans people yet again

References: https://whatthetrans.com/usa-ep03

This week:

Government finds a way to make cutting the price of a gender recognition certificate suck.

Thousands of non-binary people demand recognition.

YET MORE GC NIGHTMARES IN THE COURTS

And we speak to the AMAZING Trans Safety Network and an artist who is taking over Cardiff!

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In this episode of WTT US, Alyssa and Valeriya talk about:

• Four nightmarish anti-trans LGBTQ+ bills that have passed in 2024

• The insidious leaked WPATH internal forum posts, feat. Evan Urquhart

• The blessed silver linings of hateful legislation

• A very special Episode 02

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Screw "royalty," there is only one queen this Christmas and she is Ashleigh! Here is her Christmas message for the trans community!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Helplines open TODAY:

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0300 3300630

www.switchboard.lgbt (for the instant messaging service)

Switchboard Brighton

01273 204050

info@switchboard.org.uk

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0345 3303030

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You know what is going on and it is all a bit much so we bunkered down and spoke to the amazing Ica Nienz (Isolation Collective), Sabah Choudrey (Trans Pride Brighton/"reluctant activist") and Kate Glanfield (Trans Gloucester) because honestly, what else were we gonna do?

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CN: Abuse, child abuse, transphobia, references to transphobic organisations and 'thought leaders' and one audio clip of Posie fucking Parker.

Michelle breaks down what emotional abuse is and how transphobia enables it.

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For this week's What the Trans?! Ashleigh, Flint and Alyx talk about:

• The now-extended ban on puberty blockers for trans young people (but not cis ones).
• Alyx gives us the details from the Trans Kids Deserve Better protest outside the Department of Education.
• A lengthy Loser's Corner featuring the LGB Alliance, Tickle vs. Giggle and the sport of darts!
• Labour Women's Declaration and their weapons-grade bulls**t.
• The many ongoing misuses of the Cass report.

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References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep113/

On this episode, Alyx & Ashleigh talk about.

• For Women Scotland's court case
• Will the EHRC lose their A-grade from the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions?
• Rumours of new school guidance for trans pupils.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep94/

This by-week:

Boris Johnson is the prime minister, what does this mean for trans equality?

We talk about Hacked Off's report on media transphobia!

We talk IPSO's response to media transphobia!

And Michelle reports from Trans Pride Brighton and talks to Caroline Lucas (Green Party MP for Brighton & Hove), Laura Kate Dale and MANY MANY MORE! 

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On this pod

- The press make a mountain out of a trans related NHS molehill.

- We talk to Philosophy Tube's own Abigail Thorn about her new play

- Ashleigh spent a month in the hospital

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On this somewhat heavy episode of What the Trans?! Flint, Alyx and Ashleigh talk about:

• Is anti-trans sentiment on the rise in the UK? One single, solitary poll says yes, but the team are unconvinced.
• Several difficult stories coming out of the US, with trigger warnings included. 
• The tribunal around NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie rumbles on, now vocally supported by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
• Speaking of Labour, "gender critical" members of the party have performed their signature move and created another splinter group.
• And an interview with Dee Whitnell, a writer, creator and sex educator.

Check out those two articles we mentioned!

Did the Cass Review shred the truth? – What The Trans!?

Trans Allies Systematically Intimidated Inside Tavistock

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This bi-week, Morgan M Page (writer, artist and created of the Out From the Vaults podcast) gives me us a lesson on the almost forgotten history of trans people.

Also:

The TERFs have spoiled witchcraft AND stickers!

The medical establishment announces something incredibly obvious!

And Kate Bornstein is fantastic!

On this mini episode, Alyx and Ashleigh encourage you, dear listener, to engage with NHS England's latest consultation.

The team (and others) have put together an article along with a list of resources we used to do so. Please do check this out if you're unsure how to approach your own consultation response.

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Abigail Thorn's Article: https://transwrites.world/nhs-england-is-proposing-to-ban-puberty-blockers/

On this entirely exciting episode, Ashleigh and Alyx talk about:

• Kier Starmer's inconsistent statements on trans people
• Victor Madrigal-Borloz's report on the EHRC 
• And, of course, the upcoming UK general election, We speak to: Steph Richards, CEO of Translucent and Labour Party activist, Charley Hasted, Chair of the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats and Ani Stafford Townsend, an openly trans Green Party candidate for Bristol East.

Tactical voting guide: https://stopthetories.vote/

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep108

The UK's government have really surpassed themselves this time. Weeks after the Scottish parliament voted through actual reform for trans people, Westminster blocked it. We break down everything you need to know.

We also talk:

A trans inclusive conversion therapy ban has been announced

The Good Law Project case against NHS waiting times stumbles.

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Trans kids are being targeted by Republican lawmakers! Should we be concerned? We talk to Molly Woodstock (Gender Reveal podcast) and Cassius Adair (Transcripts podcast) to find out!

Also:

Graham Linehan spreads hate on news night...hilariously.

We talk to the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights.

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is bamboozled into meeting the LGB Alliance.

And Michelle has ADHD!

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Michelle finds herself alone on the pod as Ashleigh takes a well deserved break. Does Michelle have some kind of breakdown? Is she able to handle the pressure? Well...listen to the show and find out...(spoilers - Michelle nailed it).

This bi-week:

We got our first professional boxer!

Lesbians unite to show the trans community their love!

Michelle spends a lot of time talking about less conventional orgasms! (Hi Michelle’s mum!)

and the main story: Graham Linehan is a danger to the trans community and must be stopped!

Here is the link Michelle mentioned in the episode (CONTENT WARNING, CONTAINS TRANSPHOBIA AND IDIOTS):

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This bi-week

- Caster Semenya! US Supreme Court dissected! Brazil needs help! Trans woman sues The Times!

- 16 beautiful songs by 16 amazing trans music creators!

- Joined in the bedroom by Husk!

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On this episode, Ashleigh & Alyx talk about;

• Michelle's departure from the show
• The Alice Litman case, featuring an interview with Jocelyn from the Good Law Project
• Party Conference season, with all of the joy that statement implies

On this extremely chonky episode of What the Trans?! Flint, Ashleigh and Alyx rake over the coals on: 

• A multitude of stories from the USA.
• The 'Sullivan Review' and why it's not worth the pixels you'll use to read it. 
• Stories from within the NHS, Metropolitan Police and International Olympic Committee.
• Stories from Hungary, Namibia and Russia.
• A visit to a double-trouble Loser's Corner
• An interview with Chay from TransActual.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep127

BONUS CIS ALLIES FROM THE VAULTS!

As we finish restructuring behind the scenes, please enjoy our interviews with amazing cisgender allies Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything, The Crystal Maze), Susie Green (Mermaids CEO), and Neville Southall (Former goalkeeper for Wales and Everton and equality campaigner!)

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This bi-week

- LGBT news outlet lets bigots write for them!

- American trans people are going through some stuff

- We talk to Linda Riley (Diva magazine), Dr Adrian Harrop, Amelia Abraham (Dazed) and Olly Thorn (PhilosophyTube) about being cis and supporting trans people!

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This week:

The press has published easily debunkable lies (again...)

We talk trans and non-binary people WINNING AT THINGS!

And we talk to Jennie Kermode from Trans Media Watch about how, and even if trans and non-binary people should 

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On this surprise episode, Ashleigh & Alyx go over;

• Liz Truss's new plan to make the lives of trans people in the UK even more miserable.
• An update on Sarah Jane Baker.
• The conversion therapy debate that took place on December 6th in the House of Commons.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep95/

On this week's episode of What the Trans!? Flint, Alyx and Ashleigh spend precious minutes of their lives talking about:

• The Levy Review into adult gender services.
• Updated definitions and diagnostic criteria for trans people in Japan.
• Our regular trip to Loser's Corner.
• The BMA confirming that they will conduct their review of the Cass Review (ding!) "from a position of neutrality"
• Following the resignation of Labours' Rosie Duffield, the team talk through some of her 'greatest hits' and her often-underwhelming performance as an MP

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep115/

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This week we are joined by Vic Parsons (PinkNews.co.uk gender & identity reporter) to commiserate over more Tory rule. We talk:

How do we report on this?

Why is everyone in the media lying about trans issues?

Can there be too much cheese?

Also we talk JK Rowling's heel turn against the trans community, more equality act attacks and Scotland having ANOTHER GRA reform consultation.

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On this lengthy episode of What the Trans?! Ashleigh and Alyx talk about

• A brief talk about the upcoming UK general election
• New suggested school guidance that's basically a new Section 28
• Also featuring an interview with Robin Moira White, a barrister with expertise in equalities law, and...
• Part 2 of our Cass Review deep dive, speaking extensively with Dr Reubs Walsh

NHS Consultation: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nhs-constitution-10-year-review

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep106

On this pod:

- New PM Rishi Sunak and the NHS sound terrifying

- Scotland's gender recognition reform passes stage 1!

- Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil speak on why they do what they do

- The English Collective of Prostitutes speak to why they were protesting in London recently

- And trans folks protest the LGB Alliance, which they should

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GREETINGS!!

This bi-week Meesh and Ash are joined by Cass Smith, trans advocacy officer for the LGBT Foundation to discuss the GRA consultation, bad people with dumb billboards and the most convoluted Sabrina the Teenage Witch remake ever.

In this episode of WTT US, Alyssa and Valeriya talk about:

• Updates on anti-trans state legislation

• The tragic death of 16-year-old trans student Nex Benedict

• The tragic deaths of other trans people in both 2023 and 2024

References: https://whatthetrans.com/usa-ep02

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This week, Clementine, Quetza and Lizzie pick through the wreckage of the presidential election, look to the future of the trans community and discuss how to survive in the new reality.

Stay strong, we love you Xx

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In this special, mostly light-hearted end-of-year retrospective, we look at all that happened in 2024. The good, the bad, the complicated, the profane, the ugly and the yawning chasm of the human soul!!

Featuring:

• Album, film, television show and video game of the year.
• Worst news story, loser and villain the the year. 
• Best news story, ally and coming-out of the year!
• Ally, journalist and activist of the year,

And many more!

Explore our voting numbers (featuring pie charts!) 

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To tide you all over until July 15th, we present Who The Trans?! Episode 3: The Giggle

The final episode of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special dropped on December 9th 2023. It went in a creepy direction and had a twist at the end… 

Listen in to hear Alyx and Ben's thoughts on this episode of Doctor Who, in Who The Trans?!

This episode was released last year as part of our Patreon rewards. If you'd like to receive bonus content like this as it happens, subscribe to our Patreon where we've made an episode for each instalment of the most recent series of Doctor Who.

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...we are so tired...

The gender recognition act consultation has brought the fires of hell down on the trans community...

...but Meesh and Ash emerge from the flames regardless to pod the s@#! out of everything.

This bi-week:

Trump is coming for us!

Bike racing is a thing we have to talk about now!

And...oh god we are tired...just going to lie down for a bit...

This bi-week:

- Ashleigh returns to the podcasting fold!

- Meesh and Ash talk to Alis, a non-binary trans girl from Brazil who talks about life under fascist jair bolsonaro

- Terfs go on tour with the far right!

- Hbomberguy bashes Graham Linehan with DONKEY KONG

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Welcome to a surprisingly spooooooky episode of What the Trans USA?! Lizzie, Val, and Quetza bringing you hot, hot Halloween news, of which very little is Halloween related!

• Kamala Harris's interview with NBC news and her complete sidestepping of a question about trans rights.
• Minnesota doctors continuing to provide trans healthcare despite the political climate.

• FUN TERMITE FACTS FOR HALLOWEEN! SCAAAAARY!

Activist, author and critic Roz Kaveny has done everything. She has campaigned for trans equality with the Gay Liberation Front, attended the first London Pride and she even worked on the parliamentary forum that made the equality act and the gender recognition act things that exist.

We talked to her for an hour about her life.

Also:

We cover the Scottish trans prisoner drama!
We talk about Trump's terrifying plans for trans people!
And Finland has done a wonderful thing!

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had one job: To protect human rights.

When it comes to trans people they have arguably failed.

On this podcast we go over the history of the EHRC and how it went from being pretty good on trans issues to dancing to the anti-trans tune of the government.

Also: Anti-trans fascist Florida governor has announced his run for the US presidency. Nothing about that was good.

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep86/


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So this was a bad news week. But whilst it is so easy to hate certain cisgender people (f**k you Liz Truss) Michelle and Ashleigh reach out to some astonishing cisgender allies!

This week we talked to Josie Long and Owen Jones about how they became aware of trans issues, why all is not lost at the Guardian and why Michelle should make another podcast about terrible video game movies!

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To celebrate our 50th episode as a podcast thing Michelle and Ashleigh spill the beans from behind the scenes after two years of accidentally find themselves on the front lines of the UK's never-ending transphobic shit-fit. Also...

The Daily Mail and The Times lie about trans women sexually assaulting cis women in prisons AGAIN. And face no consequences AGAIN.

Aimee Stephens, the trans woman who could well be the catalyst for nationwide trans discrimination protections in the US has sadly passed away.

Michelle talks to JessInLond0n about the app she created that is helping COVID-19 patients see their loved ones in hospital

Michelle then wipes her face of tears and talks to Chay from Trans Actual about their new online resource that hopes to fight back against misinformation about the transgender community!

Thank you for an amazing two years! LET'S DO IT AGAIN!

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On this pod

- Mermaids have had the month from hell. What did they do wrong?

- Government ministers just cannot shut up about us.

- A lot of trans people came out during COVID lockdowns. We talk to two pandemic egg smashers.

- Eddie Izzard runs for office. Does that matter?

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This bi-week:

Transphobes ruin stickers

Michelle says a bunch of things that will be edited out of context

Ashleigh sings a bit

America has a transgender major political candidate!

How in the holy hell are there transgender transphobes and WHY THE WHAT?

And who should be allowed to have sex with Alex Jones (spoiler...nobody....for their own safety)

On another "fun-packed" episode, Flint, Alyx and Ashleigh talk about: 

• The now-indefinite puberty blockers ban, the moral implications and the actions that have already been taken to protest it. 
• Accusations levelled at the PinkNews leadership of sexual misconduct.
• A double feature of Loser's corner, and
• An interview with Reactive Ashley about the recent UK supreme court case involving For Women Scotland.

This week we have something very different: a whole other show!

What The Trans: Nights is our new monthly podcast that is available to patrons now and will be made available to everyone in 6 months!

On this episode, we tell our coming out stories and fight anti-semitism by sharing the contents of our desks!

Also it is the census! Click the link below for more info!

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This week we explain why we were gone so long.

But more importantly, we went and talked to a trans man who is stuck in the kafkaesque asylum nightmare in the UK. If you want to know the real story when it comes to how the immigration system treats people...listen to this right now.

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So this is a weird episode

We finish our chat with Christine Burns!

We talk Stonewall founding with Lord Michael Cashman!

We dissect Liz Truss's latest nonsense!

We get angry over the government ignoring Non-Binary people!

And Michelle gets in Graham Linehan's head!

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This was the news week that never ended.

3 hero's quit government advisory committee to protest anti-LGBT nonsense!

Transphobic trouble from the House of Lords!

Fairplay For Women SUCK!

And we break down the latest on the Census with Census Engagement Manager Adam Dale!

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Meesh & Ash have mixed feelings about trans day of remembrance!

A well respected doctor believes anime causes transness!

Ru Paul! Super Girl! Jake Graf!

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This episode contains references to rape and cultural genocide, specifically about GRT communities.

On this episode

Ashleigh talks about being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
We talk about the first trans MP and the strangest coming out that we have ever seen.
And we talk to Percy from LGBT Traveller Pride about how the new policing bill is the worst.

References: https://www.whatthetrans.com/ep71/

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This week there is TOO MUCH NEWS

The EHRC are called out by LGBT Orgs!
A court case in Northern Ireland is COMPLICATED!
Trans masculine surgeries halted on the NHS!

And we talk with trans activist legend Christine Burns about how Coronation Street helped advance trans rights in the 90's!

(As well as LOADS of other stuff).

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WELCOME TO WHAT THE PRIDE!?

We are doing a pride! All through June we will have panels, music and speeches aiming to fill the pandemic pride gap.

This week, Michelle is joined by guest co-host Casey Explosion as we host a panel of trans and non-binary parents!

Also, we cover how to enjoy Harry Potter despite the author's bigotry, developments in Hungary and how you can help Black Lives Matter!

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As the Americas struggle with new forms of Fascism taking root, Ash and Meesh go back in time to 1930’s Germany to learn about how a gaggle of science queers made shop above a sex museum and lead the way on trans healthcare...until...Nazis...

Also:

TRUMP IS A NIGHTMARE

BRAZIL IS IN TROUBLE

MICHELLE KISSED A PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN

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This podcast has been a thing for FIVE YEARS

To celebrate we got a new look AND we got a bit self-absorbed

On this episode

- We see what NHS England has planned for trans youths

- Legendary journalist Vic Parsons (Vice, PinkNews, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan) interviews us about doing this thing for half a decade

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep87/

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This...week (we are weekly now!)

The manifestos are out! Which parties suck the least?

Michelle grills LGBT Labour, Lib Dem Jasmine Josephine and trans campaigner/author/legend Christine Burns for their take on this general election nonsense.

And Ashleigh really, really, REALLY needs you not to vote tory.

Seriously.

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This week we chat to Stonewall CEO Nancy Kelley about media lies, the LGB Alliance gaining charity status, conversion therapy and the biggest myths about Stonewall (#StonewallDeepState).

We also cover the latest developments from Parliament's GRA reform inquiry!

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This episode:

Politicians hilariously fail to stick us in the wrong prisons! (Can a prison ever be right?)

Far right goons are taking blockers to fight COVID. Yes, really.

And we talk to writer and researcher Felix Moore about how none of this anti-trans 'feminism' crap is new.

References: https://www.whatthetrans.com/ep70/

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- We discuss the murder of trans teenager Brianna Ghey and the communities response.

-We talk about the open letter GIDS staff released

- And Nicola Sturgeon has resigned, putting Gender Recognition Reform in Scotland in doubt.

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On this pod

- A brief report covering the horrific mass shooting at an LGBT venue in Colorado Springs
- An indepth look at what can be learned from a massive healthcare survey of trans people by Transactual UK
- We talk with an expert on voice training about how to change up how you sound.

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This week:

We talk to Coffee Spoonie (they/she, @coffeespoonie) and Shash (she/her, @itsShash1) about being trans, disabled, under lockdown, and how suddenly institutions are doing #AccessibilityForAbleds which they wouldn't do for disabled folks before Covid-19! (Hashtag by Kate McWilliams @kateandcrps)

And Liz Truss says that a project tackling transphobic bullying "isn't government policy." Excellent!

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Pride month is happening and so are we. This biweek we have a special, bumper, extended episode that contains tales of queer from all across the British land mass, including:

Ashleigh getting called to Downing Street

Michelle getting Pokémon mansplained to her in a dark room

That time when a bunch of nitwits let a hate group lead pride

On this "fun-packed" episode of WTT?! Ashleigh and Alyx go over:

• Some rare good news from Sweden and our own Court of Appeals.
• That 'Memorandum of Understanding' we spoke of last time.
• The EHRC sent several trans organisations a letter! Isn't that nice? (Hint; no it isn't)
• And we pass the mic to Dr Cal Horton, who has some very well-expressed thoughts on the Cass review.

This week

To cushion the blow of the worst goddam election result, we put together an hour of tales about trans heroes and how you can keep it together for the fights to come!

Also:

Graham Linehan could win "d**k of the year"!

Big dictionary names "They" as their word of the year!

Marvel comics FINALLY gets a trans superhero (sort of).

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On this episode:

- Nicola Sturgeon is out, but who could replace her and what does that mean for Scottish gender recognition?

- Kemi Badenoch (boo-hiss) is grilled by MPs and gives updates on the government's worrying plans for gender recognition and the mythical conversion practices ban.

- We tell the strange story of a trans woman being (allegedly...we don't like getting sued) lied about in the Daily Mail

- We talk to Labour MP Nadia Whittome about allyship, whether trans people can trust Keir Starmer and what she believes her party should be doing for trans liberation.

References - https://whatthetrans.com/ep82

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We're back! On our first episode of 2025, Ashleigh, Alyx and Flint go over:

• A look at Alasdair Henderson, a lawyer who has defended anti-trans viewpoints several times in the courts. 
• Meta's new guidelines for fact checking (or the lack thereof).
• The CPS and their new guidelines.
• Our regular romp to Loser's Corner, featuring Hilary Cass vs. France!
• A deep dive into the protest actions and people involved with resistance to a Nottingham GP's refusal to provide mandated healthcare. 

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep122

This by-week:

Michelle covers all the Pride shenanigans London!

Shadow Women & Equalities Minister Dawn Butler tells us how the Government has failed trans people!

Billy Porter (Pose) tells us about Season 2 AND why he loves London!

Annie Wallace (Hollyoaks) talks Pride in London!

Lady Phyll explains why UK Black Pride is important!

We also talk to Callum Henderson (Pride in London), Diana James, Didi Rossi (Queer Strike!), Kenny Ethan Jones, Nate Ethan Watson, Tajah Hamilton (Stonewall) and Wazana Sinyangwe (Movement for Justice)

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WE ARE BACK

After an extended break Michelle and Ashleigh return to grumble about cis people.

Are we sick of them?

With Shaira Bambi Choudhury (UK Civil Service) and Ciara Murphy (Co-founder of Mindline Trans+).

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On a regenerated WTT USA, Valeriya and new hosts Clementine, Quetza and Lizzie go over:

• ACLU Roadmap

  • ACLU Memo on: Harris on LGBTQ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union

  • Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation

• Texas Gender Marker Registry Debacle

• Dylan Gurley

• ACLU Legislation Tracker

• Trans Joy

References: https://whatthetrans.com/usa-ep05

On this episode, Ashleigh and Alyx (a different Alyx this time, not Alex) talk about 

- Stonewall and GI fighting back against Westminster's block of the Scottish gender recognition bill
- The International Chess Federation's transphobic new guidance
-  Free Sarah Jane Baker and Trans Pride Manchester!

References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep90/

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