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Je suis une femme trans, ce qui ne m’empêche pas de m’assumer comme biologiquement mâle
Nous [les femmes trans] ne devrions pas avoir besoin de prétendre que nous sommes des femmes (pour nousmêmes ou pour quelqu’un d’autre) afin de trouver un soulagement à la dysphorie de genre
The Cass report and the unforgivable puberty blockers scandal
The medicalisation of children who might simply have been distressed by the idea of puberty and growing up is a scandal of epic proportions.
Transition and Apostasy: A Wife’s Perspective
By staying together, we are friends and support one another—and I have learned more than I ever expected about human sexuality and LGBT issues. In return, I have helped Debbie stay rooted in the real world rather than the mantras of the online trans community.
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Womanhood is not a feeling in my head or anyone else’s. I was certainly driven to transition, but not because I was trapped in another body. I now realise there is only me in here, and that I have always been here.
An Hour with Triggernometry
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Debbie Hayton
Physics teacher and trade unionist, originally from the north of England.
As a trans person I have written extensively about what it means to be trans, and how trans people can be accommodated in society without compromising the rights of other vulnerable groups.
Bylines in The Spectator, Unherd, The Times, Daily Mail, Morning Star, Economist, Quillette and elsewhere.
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[…] 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 This piece is a new translation of a piece I wrote for Quillette on 2 February 2020.…