Trans People

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Features

‘I don’t want to use the trans loos’

In the first in a four-part series, trans Bristolians tell the Cable how last year’s Supreme Court decision on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act has affected their lives

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Struggle for trans health equality

Parenting while Trans: Jacob’s story

Sage Brice
Sage Brice

Struggle for trans health equality

‘She was just left to it’: bereaved mother slams mental health care before death of her trans daughter

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon

Struggle for trans health equality

Writing on the wall: why trans and nonbinary people in Bristol are speaking out

This series will look at issues affecting local trans communities, driven by people’s lived experiences.

Sage Brice
Sage Brice

Coping with Covid

Covid-19 brings difficult times for Trans people in Bristol as government expected to ditch reforms

Sage Brice
Sage Brice

Bristol and Beyond

The Bristol activist and portraits of invisible Britain, hope and resilience

Maria da Silva

Voices

Pride against all odds

A culture of disbelief towards LGBT asylum seekers means the safety and acceptance provided by support groups like Bristol Pride Without Borders is vital.

Amani Omejar

Reports

Our 2016 favourites: Cable voices

A couple of the most interesting voices that the Cable has published in 2016.

Sid Ryan
Sid Ryan

Voices

“It’s difficult to exist outside the gender binary”

A non-binary perspective on the south-west’s first ever Trans Pride event.

Gee S.

Voices

“Expect prejudice, but never accept it”

The landscape is changing for Bristol’s LGBT+ kids, but they need support

Mariangela Veronesi
Mariangela Veronesi

City

‘We’re just as human as you’: one woman’s experience of being transgender and homeless

Bristol’s housing crisis means outreach services struggle to provide enough emergency accommodation, and homeless people scrape by on the streets.

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee

Reports

Behind the scenes: the Tara Hudson campaign

Instrumental in the campaign to move Tara was Bristol Pride. The Cablespoke to Daryn Carter, director of Bristol Pride, about why Hudson’s case became mainstream news, and what needs to be done to protect other transgender people from the same treatment?

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson