More and more young people are questioning their gender. The number of under-18s seeking help from the NHS has risen sharply in the last 5 years. Health professionals are feeling under pressure. For others there’s no time to waste. There are calls for better regulation in this new area of medicine. Tonight we ask: do we know enough about the care of inter-transgender children. Panorama: Trans Kids: Why Medicine Matters, BBC 2019
Six months ago I got into a Twitter row that I wasn’t prepared for. I posted comments and wrote a newspaper article about my issue with transgender competitors in women’s sports. It started a public spat between me and a trans-cyclist. The Trans Women Athlete Dispute with Martina Navratilova, BBC 2019
The idea that I hurt people with my comments – that bothers me. ibid.
I’m concerned that in the future trans women athletes who have not had surgery or hormone treatment could compete against women based simply on how they identify. ibid.
A growing number of trans-female athletes have been competing at the highest level. ibid.
Just when you thought the whole testosterone debate couldn’t get any trickier, along comes the recent controversy surround the Olympic champion Caster Semenya. ibid.
James became Jan Morris [1926-2020]: Jan Morris stands as a powerful symbol of the shifting thinking about identity that was to come over the Queen’s reign. New Elizabethans With Andrew Marr I: Building a New Society, BBC 2020
We’ve taken a total concept, integrated it and built a whole new means of transportation. The Lady and the Dale I, Elizabeth Carmichael, Sky Documentaries 2022
But is the Dale all it is cracked up to be? … A notorious conman: Elizabeth Michael is actually Mr Jerry Dean Michael. ibid. television news
My father told me it was his partner’s idea to start making fake money. ibid. Jerry’s daughter
I didn’t realise that my daddy was unhappy being a man. ibid.
We’re going to shock General Motors, Ford and the rest of them right out of their big, overstuffed seats. The Lady and the Dale II, Elizabeth Carmichael
The Dale’s low centre of gravity always stayed within the triangle of three wheels so in theory it would be impossible to flip the car over. ibid.
We’re going to fill one hell of an important gap in the car market. ibid.
As the weeks went on I realised that we didn’t have the right equipment or anything to make a car. There was no masterplan. There was no schedule to make anything. ibid. engineer/designer
She was irate. She said, I just witnessed an abortion on three wheels … She had to run for the hills. ibid.
If I can stay out of jail, I intend to run for the presidency. The Lady and the Dale III
That’s how they got her – because she came back to say goodbye to her kids. ibid.
Once convicted, she fell into her old ways and skipped the date she was supposed to appear in court. She jumped bail. The Lady and the Dale IV, attorney
Interviewer: What do you prefer?
Elizabeth: Woman’s prison.
Interviewer: Why?
Elizabeth: Because I’m a woman. ibid.
Her transness was actually legally recognised in court. That represents a small measure of progress. ibid.
Each one of them is breaking the law. You see, each of our contestants is a man. Storyville: Casa Susanna, original footage, BBC 2023
A sheer joy of being able to walk among people and talk to them without hesitation and knew they understood.’ ibid. former resident
No hate speech. Gender neutral pronouns only. People used to make fun of the likes of us. Well that’s all gone now. The world’s moved on. We are no longer a source of cheap humour and laughs. The League of Gentlemen s4e1: Return to Royston Vasey
‘What’s the purpose behind this excessive push towards gender fluidity?’ The Corbett Report: What is the Trans Agenda? James Corbett online 2021
Always struck me as a particularly synthetic movement. ibid.
This isn’t what transhumanism is really about, right? ibid.
2008: Postgenderism: Beyond the Gender Binary: George Dvorsky & James Hughes. ibid.
A Cyborg Manifesto: Donna Haraway. ibid.
I’ve always had these issues running through me. But without them I don’t think I could ever accomplish what I did. Untold: Caitlyn Jenner, Netflix 2021
Caitlyn was always living deep inside. ibid.
1976 Montreal: You have an Olympic gold medal on the line and you’re supposed to lay down and sleep. It poured all night long. ibid.
She is called Miriam and is at the centre of a massive scanadal that has cost Sky Television £750,000. Miriam: Death of a Reality Star I, daytime show commentary, Channel 4 2024
The beautiful woman was not all the guys thought she was. ibid.
There was not enough thought given to what the outcome could be. ibid. psychiatrist
We were totally freaked out and dreading what was to come. Miriam: Death of a Reality Star II: The Truth, rejected contestant
There was no rate limiter on what producers could do. ibid. psychiatrist
They sold her a dream without anybody telling her what could go wrong. ibid.
What have I done? It was spiralling out of control. ibid. contestant
Let’s get an injunction to stop the show coming out. ibid.
When the contestants returned home it kicked off. Miriam: Death of a Reality Star III, producer
Miriam is a Reality TV too far. ibid. newspaper headline
We were all thinking about ourselves. ibid. contestant