Information and advocacy
Trans Collective Calderdale – that’s us. You can follow us on Instgram too transcollectivecalderdale
Below are a few external organisations who can help you learn more:
Transactual – Advocacy group who provide reliable information about trans rights, law & healthcare https://transactual.org.uk/
Trans Safety Network – Research collective documenting harms against trans people https://transsafety.network/
Trans Advocacy & Complaints Collective – Advocacy, activism & information https://tacc.org.uk/
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance – Lobbying & campaigning group https://www.transsolidarityalliance.com/
Translucent – advocacy organisation https://translucent.org.uk/
Scottish Trans – Scottish trans advocacy Group https://www.scottishtrans.org/
Trans Kids Deserve Better – Activist group of trans young people https://transkidsdeservebetter.org/
GIRES – Gender Identity Research & Education Society https://www.gires.org.uk/
Good Law Project – Campaigning Legal organisation part of whose work is fighting for trans people’s rights https://goodlawproject.org/
Equality Amplified – LGBTQ+ advocacy https://www.equalityamplified.org.uk/
Julia Serano – A wide range of papers by an American trans academic https://www.juliaserano.com/writings.html
Media
What the Trans https://whatthetrans.com/
Trans writes https://transwrites.world/
The Trans Agenda https://hleehurley.substack.com/
Trans Radio UK https://transradiouk.com/about-us/
Katy Montgomerie (trans woman commenting on topical events)
https://www.youtube.com/@KatyMontgomerie/videos
Queer AF
Attitude
Assigned media – trans news from across the pond
https://www.assignedmedia.org/
Advocate – American LGBTQ+ news
Support Organisations
Gendered Intelligence https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/
Mermaids (young people) https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
Micro Rainbow (LGBT+ asylum seekers) https://microrainbow.org/
Black Trans Alliance https://www.blacktransalliance.org/
Traveller Pride https://www.lgbttravellerpride.com/
Trans Sober (drugs & alcohol support) https://transsober.org/
Trans Legal Clinic
https://www.translegalclinic.com/referrals
LovingMe (domestic abuse support) https://www.lovingme.uk/
Beaumont Society https://beaumontsociety.org/
Reports
Waiting times:
- Detailed analysis https://translucent.org.uk/gic-report.
- Overview https://transactual.org.uk/medical-transition/gender-dysphoria-clinics/.
Critiques of the Supreme Court Judgement:
- Good Law Project https://goodlawproject.org/for-women-scotland-a-legal-critique/
- Translucent’s analysis https://translucent.org.uk/a-supremely-poor-job/
- An analysis of the implications https://www.equality-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Erosion-of-Trans-Rights-in-the-UK-a-human-rights-analysis.pdf
Development of EHRC attitudes towards transgender people’s human rights:
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/leaked-ehrc-guidance-trans-people-gender-recognition-certificates/
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/ehrc-staff-quitting-transphobia/
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/equality-and-human-rights-commission-ehrc-uk-trans/
- Evidence of the EHRC working privately with Sex Matters, a group that campaigns against trans rights https://tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/how-the-ehrc-enabled-an-anti-trans-agenda/
- Evidence of EHRC using openly transphobic language in internal documents https://tacc.org.uk/2025/07/13/they-called-us-dangerous-inside-the-language-the-ehrc-let-through/
A briefing document about the new code is here https://bcf2fc07-f86e-49d8-955b-399b4586c17f.usrfiles.com/ugd/bcf2fc_1cba91b6f4854d62a801cafced8512f7.pdf
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