What The Trans!?

On another excitingly sleek episode of everyone's fourth-or-fifth favourite trans news podcast, our plucky hosts Ashleigh and Flint go over: Ashleigh describes the challenges she experienced on the day of recording. Don't worry, this segment is (intended to be) funny.  A three-strike Pond Hoppin', including Medicaid, the WBNA and oh no, not Dolly AND Tim! :(  Changes happening to adult gender waiting lists. A short insert talking about the Welsh Gender Clinics and their cancellations of surgeries, as first reported by us and our comrades at QueerAF: Link below! A continental platter of several international organisations expressing concern with the direction of travel in the UK for trans people.  We round things off with our usual blast of Trans Joy.  References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep163 Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Exclusive | NHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for Welsh patients after Tory complaint - QueerAF Final reminder for the mass lobby at Parliament on September 9th! Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - 9th September 2026  

In this special but surprisingly svelte episode, Ashleigh & Flint go over the ins and outs of the EHRC's Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions & Associations, or the CoP. What it is, what it isn't and how it affects YOU, dear listener. Including: Some smaller news stories related to the CoP that you might have missed. A breakdown of each of the CoP's sections, with more emphasis on some than others.  Impact assessments! One from the EHRC saying everything's fine, actually, and a rather more scorching one from the OEO (don't worry we'll explain what that is.) Some final thoughts going over what exactly this means for us. Regular segments Pond Hopping, Loser's Corner and Trans Joy are included. References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep162

On this surprisingly light episode - don't worry, the EHRC stuff is coming next time - our hosts Flint and Ashleigh go over: How to clap back at Trump with some goddam class, courtesy of Dylan Mulvaney. ANOTHER study shows that HRT is effective for trans youth, this time from the Netherlands. Some notes on potential changes to the way patient data is recorded within the NHS. London Trans Pride! Our team were on the ground with around 150,000 other people, featuring interviews with author, screenwriter and actress Juno Dawson, Dee Whitnell of @s3xtheorywithdee and @transkidsdeservetogrowup and Sophie from @defundtransphobes. Unions boycotting the Labour Women's Conference for their trans-excluding policies. And for our Meat this time, we go over Andy Burnham's new cabinet picks and their past actions (or inactions) regarding trans rights.  References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep161  

On this episode - which is a bit of a mixed bag, tone-wise - our intrepid hosts Flint and Ashleigh go over:  How, when a story pops up claiming that "The UN supports anti-trans viewpoints!" it's really just the work of one person, Reem Alsalem, and her gender critical crusade. The recent death of UK politician Anne Widdecombe and how people expressing their opinions about her online do not deserve to have their lives upended by news organisations. Amnesty International UK's recent crossed swords with organisations named in a recent report of theirs.  And in a deliberate decision to keep things light for once, the team delve into the weird and wonderful world of tabletop roleplaying games, or TTRPG's. What they are, why they're awesome, and why they're so popular with trans people. References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep160 Gender Census: Gender Census 2026 

On this, it must be said, heavier than usual episode, our hosts Ashleigh and Flint go over:  Tough news from the US Supreme Court and their recent regressive ruling on Title IX, allowing state's sports bans for trans players (mostly trans women). The UK's new draft conversion therapy ban and the loopholes large enough to drive a bus through. More changes within the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial. Scottish Prisons now being told to house trans women on the male estate and vice versa, thanks to a case brought by For Women Scotland. For our Meat this fortnight, we look at the story of one family deeply affected by the puberty blocker ban and anonymously interview one parent about the experience of having a trans child in this landscape and the help that was offered to them by WellBN. References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep159