GRS Wales Blog

GRS Wales website to come to a close!

Admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:04:48 +0000

First of all I would like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all the supporters of the GRS Wales website over the years and to those that have stood by the cause. I have decided to close the GRS Wales website for several reasons, one been funding for hosting etc and [...]

Funding sex change therapy in Wales is a life-saver, says transgender journalist

Admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:23:32 +0000

I’ve personally been fighting for the right to funding for many years and this is a breakthrough, even though I had to pay for my surgery, due to stress and the lack of support from the HCW causing me to have bad health, but my question is will they still keep changing the “goal posts” [...]

Gay hate crimes doubled in Wales

Admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:53:26 +0000

HOMOPHOBIC hate crime convictions in Wales have doubled in the last three years. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) revealed that there were 58 successful prosecutions last year compared with 29 in 2006. Statistics released by the four police forces in Wales show there has not been a significant increase in reporting homophobic crime to the police. But the [...]

Moving Wallpaper in ‘transphobia’ row

Admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:50:06 +0000

Ofcom is investigating more than 50 complaints alleging that ITV1 comedy Moving Wallpaper was offensive to transsexuals. Viewers objected to the depiction of transsexual character Georgina, who was mocked by other characters in the episode that aired on 20 March. Transsexual websites and blogs have also criticised the Kudos drama. A 424-member Facebook group has detailed 16 [...]

Grilled by police for two hours over a transsexual joke

Admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:36:56 +0000

A CRIME-fighting councillor spoke of his astonishment last night after he was quizzed by police for making a quip about transsexuals. Jonathan Yardley was ordered to attend his local police station following a meeting for residents about crime in his council ward. Tory councillor Mr Yardley, a married father-of-one, said he was stunned after he was questioned [...]

Manx gender recognition bill moves forward

Admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:09:22 +0000

A bill to bring the Isle of Man in line with the rest of the UK on gender recognition has unanimously passed its first reading in the Legisative Council. The Gender Recognition bill, steered by member Eddie Lowey, is being enacted to conform to the latest European Court of Human Rights rulings and updates the law [...]

Donegal farmer’s 20-year battle to be accepted as a woman - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:09:25 +0000

A 20-year battle by a farmer to become recognised and treated as a woman has highlighted the huge difficulties facing people who suffer from Gender Identity Disorder (GID). Sarah Louise Stafford (40) was born male, near the village of Churchill in rural Donegal, but has been diagnosed as suffering from GID, a recognised medical condition in [...]

Man, oh, man! Get that guy out of the girls’ room

Admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:13:14 +0000

An Ontario human rights case involving a pre-op transgender man seeking access to a women-only gym is just one more listing in the catalogue of human-rights commission absurdities accumulated over the last 40 years. It stands with another piece of present lunacy in which a bar owner, also in Ontario, is caught between conflicting jurisprudence: [...]

Success with my diet!

Admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:31:55 +0000

Ok, so I know it’s a while since I actually posted anything, but you wouldn’t believe how busy I have been lately, anyhow onto the post. When I had my surgery two years ago, wow is it really that long, I lost a heck of a lot of weight, mainly down to the fact that I [...]

Posts about Gender Dyshphoria as of February 14, 2009

Admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:48:46 +0000

Cupid’s Arrow - mrsmadrigal.wordpress.com 02/14/2009 On Valentine’s Day, 1997, I received my very first injection of female hormones … . Mine was not the “standard” transition. I had been diagnosed as having GID or gender dysphoria RSSdoodle by The Lessnau Lounge. Results provided by Technorati. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "Posts about Gender Dyshphoria as of February 14, 2009"; http://blog.grswales.co.uk/2009/02/14/posts-about-gender-dyshphoria-as-of-february-14-2009/