Kira Herdman

This week is going to be a short one as I am busy in real life at the moment. LGB Alliance LGB Alliance, the so called alliance that tries to divide us LGBT+ people up has been branded a hate group by GPAHE or The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism in a report about hate groups in Ireland. This is very bad news for the so called alliance, that I might had has been proven by leaks to have a membership of 90% heterosexual men, as the charity status is being reviewed soon in the UK. It will look really bad if the government keeps the charity status in place. Benefit system in the UK I have yet again had to go through the painful 7 months of having no PIP thanks to the disgraceful DWP and the way they assess claimants. I am an ex soldier from the British Army, and as a result of my service I have PTSD. My PIP was up for renewal in January this year so thanks to the pandemic I had a telephone interview. As usual I failed the interview and had to go through the stress of the appealin

For a lot of Transgender people being trans also means being lonely. In my experience as a Bi-Sexual Trans Woman most men seem to look at you as a fantasy and a sex object, but don’t want a relationship with a trans woman, while most women don’t seem to want to go with Transgender Women. The reason I get off bi women I have asked say trans women are “in between, I don’t understand” or for lesbians “I don’t want to go with someone who has man parts”. As for straight women, they seem to see us as women so are obviously not interested in us. While in the trans community it is well understood that Gender Identity and Sexuality are to totally different things, this doesn’t seem to be understood a lot outside of the LGBT+ Community, especially in cis men. I have one trans friend who is with a cis woman, so she is in a lesbian relationship, and her girlfriend has said “it’s the best of both worlds” My friend and her girlfriend both identify as Lesbian. She is the only Trans Woman I know who i

LGBTQ+ youth may experience different levels of trauma that impact their mental health. A recent report has found that LGBTQ youth who have experienced high levels of trauma are over three times more likely to attempt suicide. More than one in three young LGBTQ people experienced such levels of trauma in the last year. The highest levels of trauma were felt by trans and nonbinary youth compared to LGBTQ cisgender young people The Trevor Project  has released its latest report LGBTQ Youth Mental Health revealing relevant relationships between the trauma experienced by LGBTQ youth and suicide. This year’s report found that LGBTQ youth who reported a high degree of trauma were greater than three times more likely to have attempted suicide in the past year compared to those reporting no or moderate levels of trauma. Just 4% of LGBTQ youth reported having never experienced trauma. More than one in three, or 37%, ages 13 to 24 reported high levels of trauma. A quarter of those who experience

While there has been significant progress for the LGBTQ+ movement in recent years, there is still some stigma attached to trans dating. Less forward-thinking people don’t just have problems with trans people, they can also feel animosity towards straight or cisgender people who do find them people attractive.  Cisgender men who date transgender women can find their own sexuality in question, as the assumption is that they might be gay or bi. The same applies to cisgender women dating trans men; they often find themselves being labelled as lesbians or bisexual. However, none of these assumptions must be true. If you are a straight guy who is attracted to a trans woman, it’s because you see her as a woman and probably nothing else. Similarly, cisgender women are often attracted to trans men because they identify them as men, which is where the attraction lies. Dating a trans person is much the same as dating any other person, regardless of their gender identity. Everyone comes with their