UK Transgender Quality of Life Survey

James Morton, from STA, who's ace, says:

"The Equality Network's Scottish Transgender Alliance is working to research quality of life and health issues for transgender people. The research findings will be used to inform Government and NHS policy work on transgender equality and inclusion. The survey measures key aspects of quality of life using internationally standardised questions designed by the World Health Organisation.

The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

The survey needs a large number of responses in order for the findings to be of most use. It is really important that as many people as possible complete the survey. The survey is for ALL transgender people - from across a diverse spectrum of gender identity - including men and women with transsexual backgrounds and all kinds of cross-dressing, non-binary or gender-fluid people.

So if you are aged at least 16 and currently living anywhere in the UK, please take a moment to complete the survey now and help the Government and NHS to better understand quality of life and health issues for transgender people.

The survey is only open until 20 August 2009 so please urgently spread the word to any transgender groups and individuals you know.

Please complete the survey online at: http://www.tinyurl.com/qol-survey

or https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ghig...rgnG7_2fg_3d_3d"

It really does only take a few minutes to fill in. Please take the time, and forward it to anyone else you know who fits the (very broad) criteria.

long time, no see.

Hello everyone.
Just a quick note to apologise for being so remiss with this blog recently, if nothing else, not having had a computer for the last 6 weeks (about a dozen different trans people i know had their lap-tops pack in in the space of three weeks, what on earth?!) has made it pretty tricky for me to update. I'm also still job-hunting, and have been spending quite a lot of time in my doctors' surgery.

NUS LGBT Committee Training went well, despite the heat, and I think I can speak for both of us in saying that we're excited to be working with such a committed, imaginative and diverse group of people for the next year. I for one am interested in making my theory practice, and working more on inter-relationships and intersections between different identities and different experiences, I hope to continue to work with Elis Stephenson on the workshop we started creating about 'accessibility' as relating to both trans and disabled people (as well as many others). We promise to keep you better updated.

The summer is generally quite a quiet time, though, except for things like Prides (which, unfortunately, I've not managed to make it to any of this year :( ), so things are likely to pick up come September. Frank and I are speaking at a couple of different conferences, I'm presenting information about the NUS LGBT at the Trans Community Conference (go to: http://www.genderedintelligence.co.uk for more info) and Frank will be speaking at a conference run by the Forum, who I've previously done work with. You can also request committee members for your start-of-year events, get in touch with lgbt@nus.org.uk.

I'll be putting out a couple of posts about various things that are going on at the moment over the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.

H.