This post has been written to coincide with Trans Day of Visibility 2021 (TDOV). All opinions are the author's own.

This article has been written to coincide with International Women’s Day, and examines trans rights in relation to the feminist movement.

2021 marks 40 years since the discovery of HIV/AIDs in the UK.

In the time Section 28 was law, 18 people were violently murdered in homophobic attacks.

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people were systematically persecuted by the Nazis and this deserves recognition.

Let’s start with the good. Drag Race normalises queer lives, love and culture in a way unseen in the mainstream.

LGBTQA+ symbology has a history of evolution. Widespread adoption of the Progress Pride flag is the next step.

We never exist as people, only cultural flash points to be debated and scrutinised.

While there are few examples of interactions between passing women and their families, it is possible to extrapolate some general themes.

The majority of works about female soldiers and the American Civil War in general suggest that it was easy for women to pass as men.

Historians have failed to address clear evidence that some of these ‘female soldiers’ were in fact, transgender men.