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The UK Government Response to the Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality. You can read the response in full by clicking on the link to the report below: Government Response to the Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality (PDF)

BBC Show participation opportunity. The usual caution is advised, please make sure you are fully aware and fully included in any process you agree to partake in: New BBC1 Show My name is Claire and I am a producer at a Television Production company called Electric Ray, we are currently making a new BBC1 show

The Lancet Journal, for the first time, has published a series of articles on trans health: The Lancet – Transgender Health Terry Reed, on behalf of GIRES, co-authored the section on “Biological Correlations in the Development of Gender Dysphoria”, and, the separate article about GIRES and its contribution to elearning. The Lancet – GIRES: e-learning

The World Professional Association (WPATH) has given its Harry Benjamin Distinguished Education Award to the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) in recognition of the charity’s significant contribution to the promotion of transgender health and rights through education.

The National LGB&T Partnership has today published Out Loud: LGBT Voices in Health and Social Care, a narrative account of LGBT needs. Published in collaboration with National Voices, and developed through working with diverse LGBT communities, the set of narrative statements published in this document explain that lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people want high

The Care Quality Commission has published the report of its inspection of the London Gender Identity Clinic on the 19th and 20th of January 2016. You can view and download the report from the CQC website by clicking the link shown below. http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAF3196.pdf

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued the following advice with regard to travel to the USA: “LGBT travellers may be affected by legislation passed recently in the states of North Carolina and Mississippi.” The information can be view on the page linked below: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/local-laws-and-customs For other parts of the world where LGBT travellers

Inclusive care of trans and non-binary patients This guidance , written by the BMA, aims to explain first steps and best practice in providing a supportive service to transgender, trans and non-binary patients, including patients who present with gender incongruence and/or dysphoria. The guidance may be viewed at: http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/28851.asp Trans healthcare Every patient has the

The Care Quality Inspection has scheduled an inspection of University College London Hospital (UCLH) from 8th to 11th March 2016. UCLH is the subcontracted provider of endocrinological treatments to the young patients of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The Parliamentary Women and Equalities Select Committee, chaired

The International Olympic Committee has updated its guidelines on the inclusion of trans people in elite sports, in line with current scientific, social and legal attitudes on transgender issues. The following is the advice of the medical and scientific commission, and should be regarded as recommendations, rather than rules or regulations for international sports federations