With a little hint of Trans!

I mentioned in my last post about the trials and tribulations of trying to get a GRC. If you haven't read it I recommend you do. To qualify you need to have lived in your gender identity for 2 years. That means every last scrap of paper needs to be in your new name, you need to be out and physically you need to be obviously your lived gender (not necessarily involving surgery). Being a hoarder of documents this was relatively easy for me and of course surgery helps despite it not being a prerequisite. That said I still felt applying that I was laying bare my whole life to an anonymous panel despite it being bloody obvious I am who I am. It seems my worry was misplaced as I've been granted my Gender Recognition Certificate now! This will now in time erase my past. Aside from criminal record checks, my past will disappear. I'm free to marry in my acquired gender but once bitten.... Now there is an attempt to diminish our rights from the TERFs of the world who very...

Gender Recognition Certificates  First full post of 2026 so can I get away with a HNY to you all still? 🎆🥂 So if that's ok then let me tell you a little tale..📖 Last summer with a worsening situation for my community I applied for my GRC. Never felt the need previously but took a belt and braces view going forward. 🏳️‍⚧️ What a palaver. I've got evidence coming out of my ears and being a lawyer getting a colleague to do the statutory declaration, declaring on pain of death this is permanent, was a doddle but this was just administrative overload. Yes it's an important decision but it's by far the most bureaucratic process I've come across....and as a lawyer that's saying something.⚖️ Then I found out the birth certificate I have had for xx years wasn't a full one so this was not enough for the mysterious people behind the GRC. So I applied for that which it seems anyone can (so much for birth certificates as possible ID proof - yeah I know t...

Hi there. Thanks firstly for popping by. If you found me by accident I'm glad you are here. If you know who I am, I'm happy to see you again. For 8 years I blogged about my journey as a Transwoman from the day I finally made a decision to transition to the end of my journey. My Journey Blog It came to a natural end but I still feel I've a lot more to say. So welcome to "With a little hint of Trans" my new blog about anything I do, places I visit, thoughts in my head and commentary on the world, all through the lens of being Transgender. 🏳️‍⚧️ I make it clear now, these are my own personal views, opinions and statements. They should not be ascribed to, connected with or inferred as being made on behalf of anyone else or any organisation I am connected with. Why you say? Well punches won't be pulled and opinions expressed hopefully in a balanced way. I hope you will follow me here and engage with my thoughts to try and understand how day to day things can affec...