GIRES UK
@giresuk.bsky.social
UK charity Gender Identity Research & Education Society has been improving the lives of trans & gender diverse people since 1997.
We provide support, research, EDI resources, training and policy advice to individuals and organisations.
www.gires.org.uk
We provide support, research, EDI resources, training and policy advice to individuals and organisations.
www.gires.org.uk
📢 Trans rights groups are taking the UK Government back to the ECtHR.
TACC and Trans Exile Network have filed a joint case arguing that the UK has never complied with the 2002 Goodwin v UK ruling - which established privacy and recognition rights for trans people under Article 8.
TACC and Trans Exile Network have filed a joint case arguing that the UK has never complied with the 2002 Goodwin v UK ruling - which established privacy and recognition rights for trans people under Article 8.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 Trans rights groups are taking the UK Government back to the ECtHR.
TACC and Trans Exile Network have filed a joint case arguing that the UK has never complied with the 2002 Goodwin v UK ruling - which established privacy and recognition rights for trans people under Article 8.
TACC and Trans Exile Network have filed a joint case arguing that the UK has never complied with the 2002 Goodwin v UK ruling - which established privacy and recognition rights for trans people under Article 8.
Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the trans people whose lives were taken too soon. It is a day of loss, but it is also a reminder that every trans+ life holds meaning, not only in grand moments but in everyday interactions.
#TDoR 🕯️ 🦋
#TDoR 🕯️ 🦋
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the trans people whose lives were taken too soon. It is a day of loss, but it is also a reminder that every trans+ life holds meaning, not only in grand moments but in everyday interactions.
#TDoR 🕯️ 🦋
#TDoR 🕯️ 🦋
📢 After pressure from the @GoodLawProject.bsky.social The EHRC has withdrawn its interim guidance on single-sex spaces - a document that had encouraged trans exclusion.
The EHRC had wrongly implied that trans people could be routinely excluded from services protected under the Equality Act.
The EHRC had wrongly implied that trans people could be routinely excluded from services protected under the Equality Act.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📢 After pressure from the @GoodLawProject.bsky.social The EHRC has withdrawn its interim guidance on single-sex spaces - a document that had encouraged trans exclusion.
The EHRC had wrongly implied that trans people could be routinely excluded from services protected under the Equality Act.
The EHRC had wrongly implied that trans people could be routinely excluded from services protected under the Equality Act.
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Could you improve Trans Healthcare?
Focusing on the trust that transgender people have in their GP.
See poster for full information.
To participate, scan the QR code or email TransCare@bsms
Could you improve Trans Healthcare?
Focusing on the trust that transgender people have in their GP.
See poster for full information.
To participate, scan the QR code or email TransCare@bsms
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Could you improve Trans Healthcare?
Focusing on the trust that transgender people have in their GP.
See poster for full information.
To participate, scan the QR code or email TransCare@bsms
Could you improve Trans Healthcare?
Focusing on the trust that transgender people have in their GP.
See poster for full information.
To participate, scan the QR code or email TransCare@bsms
🏳⚧ Trans Awareness Week is an important moment, but it also highlights a difficult reality that many trans+ people face throughout the year.
This expectation can be exhausting and unfair, especially in a climate where trans visibility comes with risk as well as pressure.
#TransAwarenessWeek
This expectation can be exhausting and unfair, especially in a climate where trans visibility comes with risk as well as pressure.
#TransAwarenessWeek
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🏳⚧ Trans Awareness Week is an important moment, but it also highlights a difficult reality that many trans+ people face throughout the year.
This expectation can be exhausting and unfair, especially in a climate where trans visibility comes with risk as well as pressure.
#TransAwarenessWeek
This expectation can be exhausting and unfair, especially in a climate where trans visibility comes with risk as well as pressure.
#TransAwarenessWeek
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the University of Birmingham
Research project to gain a deeper personal understanding of individuals who are gender diverse and how they navigate the relationship between gender diversity and religion.
More information:
[email protected]
Research project to gain a deeper personal understanding of individuals who are gender diverse and how they navigate the relationship between gender diversity and religion.
More information:
[email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the University of Birmingham
Research project to gain a deeper personal understanding of individuals who are gender diverse and how they navigate the relationship between gender diversity and religion.
More information:
[email protected]
Research project to gain a deeper personal understanding of individuals who are gender diverse and how they navigate the relationship between gender diversity and religion.
More information:
[email protected]
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the University of Oxford
Research project hoping to understand the experiences of LGBT+ young people and their families. All answers are anonymised.
See more:
psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Research project hoping to understand the experiences of LGBT+ young people and their families. All answers are anonymised.
See more:
psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
GIRES is sharing on behalf of the University of Oxford
Research project hoping to understand the experiences of LGBT+ young people and their families. All answers are anonymised.
See more:
psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Research project hoping to understand the experiences of LGBT+ young people and their families. All answers are anonymised.
See more:
psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📢 The NHS is reviewing adult gender services - the Levy Review will shape the future of gender-affirming care in England.
This review could decide who gets access, what treatment is offered, and how HRT is prescribed.
We need a system that centres safety, dignity, and autonomy - not more barriers.
This review could decide who gets access, what treatment is offered, and how HRT is prescribed.
We need a system that centres safety, dignity, and autonomy - not more barriers.
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📢 The NHS is reviewing adult gender services - the Levy Review will shape the future of gender-affirming care in England.
This review could decide who gets access, what treatment is offered, and how HRT is prescribed.
We need a system that centres safety, dignity, and autonomy - not more barriers.
This review could decide who gets access, what treatment is offered, and how HRT is prescribed.
We need a system that centres safety, dignity, and autonomy - not more barriers.
GIRES is sharing on behalf of Beyond Reflections:
Beyond Reflections Festive Fundraiser Dinner & Dance in memory of Paul Draycott.
8th December 2025
Southampton *full details available upon ticket purchase
Book ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyond-refle...
Beyond Reflections Festive Fundraiser Dinner & Dance in memory of Paul Draycott.
8th December 2025
Southampton *full details available upon ticket purchase
Book ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyond-refle...
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
GIRES is sharing on behalf of Beyond Reflections:
Beyond Reflections Festive Fundraiser Dinner & Dance in memory of Paul Draycott.
8th December 2025
Southampton *full details available upon ticket purchase
Book ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyond-refle...
Beyond Reflections Festive Fundraiser Dinner & Dance in memory of Paul Draycott.
8th December 2025
Southampton *full details available upon ticket purchase
Book ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyond-refle...
🏗️ GIRES is building the digital infrastructure trans+ lives deserve.
🌐 We’re creating a national hub linking research, resources, and training to make reliable info on trans+ lives accessible for all, and turning evidence into real-world impact.
🔗 Read more: www.gires.org.uk/gires-our-ne...
🌐 We’re creating a national hub linking research, resources, and training to make reliable info on trans+ lives accessible for all, and turning evidence into real-world impact.
🔗 Read more: www.gires.org.uk/gires-our-ne...
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🏗️ GIRES is building the digital infrastructure trans+ lives deserve.
🌐 We’re creating a national hub linking research, resources, and training to make reliable info on trans+ lives accessible for all, and turning evidence into real-world impact.
🔗 Read more: www.gires.org.uk/gires-our-ne...
🌐 We’re creating a national hub linking research, resources, and training to make reliable info on trans+ lives accessible for all, and turning evidence into real-world impact.
🔗 Read more: www.gires.org.uk/gires-our-ne...
GIRES has agreed to endorse the following Research Project
Helping to understand how autistic people identify themselves in relation to
their diagnosis, and how this intersects with other
community identities.
Please see the poster/Link:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Helping to understand how autistic people identify themselves in relation to
their diagnosis, and how this intersects with other
community identities.
Please see the poster/Link:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
GIRES has agreed to endorse the following Research Project
Helping to understand how autistic people identify themselves in relation to
their diagnosis, and how this intersects with other
community identities.
Please see the poster/Link:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Helping to understand how autistic people identify themselves in relation to
their diagnosis, and how this intersects with other
community identities.
Please see the poster/Link:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
GIRES has agreed to endorse this research recruitment study to understand how psychological therapy for trans people can be improved. This project has been developed closely with trans people with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
For more information, please see the poster.
For more information, please see the poster.
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
GIRES has agreed to endorse this research recruitment study to understand how psychological therapy for trans people can be improved. This project has been developed closely with trans people with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
For more information, please see the poster.
For more information, please see the poster.
GIRES has endorsed the following photovoice project
Are you trans (aged 18–24)?
Share & showcase photos of your life experiences in open & creative discussions & exhibitions.
Remuneration & consulted on the future of the research
for more info:
lsbupsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Are you trans (aged 18–24)?
Share & showcase photos of your life experiences in open & creative discussions & exhibitions.
Remuneration & consulted on the future of the research
for more info:
lsbupsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
GIRES has endorsed the following photovoice project
Are you trans (aged 18–24)?
Share & showcase photos of your life experiences in open & creative discussions & exhibitions.
Remuneration & consulted on the future of the research
for more info:
lsbupsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Are you trans (aged 18–24)?
Share & showcase photos of your life experiences in open & creative discussions & exhibitions.
Remuneration & consulted on the future of the research
for more info:
lsbupsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🌈 New Resource: Being Ready Community Journal 📝
Talking about end of life can feel difficult, but planning ahead can bring comfort & peace of mind
As part of the Being Ready Project, GIRES, along with @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @mariecurieuk.bsky.social has created the Being Ready Community Journal
Talking about end of life can feel difficult, but planning ahead can bring comfort & peace of mind
As part of the Being Ready Project, GIRES, along with @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @mariecurieuk.bsky.social has created the Being Ready Community Journal
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌈 New Resource: Being Ready Community Journal 📝
Talking about end of life can feel difficult, but planning ahead can bring comfort & peace of mind
As part of the Being Ready Project, GIRES, along with @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @mariecurieuk.bsky.social has created the Being Ready Community Journal
Talking about end of life can feel difficult, but planning ahead can bring comfort & peace of mind
As part of the Being Ready Project, GIRES, along with @hospiceuk.bsky.social & @mariecurieuk.bsky.social has created the Being Ready Community Journal
Reposted by GIRES UK
🚨 We now have only 2 days to go and £1,455 to raise if we’re to hit our £10,000 target!
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 We now have only 2 days to go and £1,455 to raise if we’re to hit our £10,000 target!
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
Reposted by GIRES UK
📢 The wonderful folks at GIRES UK only have 3 days left to fundraise so they can preserve and continue their vital work 📢
Please consider donating below 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
Please consider donating below 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 The wonderful folks at GIRES UK only have 3 days left to fundraise so they can preserve and continue their vital work 📢
Please consider donating below 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
Please consider donating below 👇
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
🚨 We now have only 2 days to go and £1,455 to raise if we’re to hit our £10,000 target!
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🚨 We now have only 2 days to go and £1,455 to raise if we’re to hit our £10,000 target!
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
Please can you SHARE our Crowdfunder with your networks - whether it’s on social media, in a WhatsApp group, or emailing family and friends 🙏
Let’s give a final push to get over the finishing line 💙
✨ New Report Out Now ✨
GIRES, in partnership with @hospiceuk.bsky.social and @stonewalluk.bsky.social has published the Being Ready Survey Report – looking at trans and gender diverse people’s experiences of death, dying, and bereavement care.
👉 Download here: www.gires.org.uk/wp-content/u...
GIRES, in partnership with @hospiceuk.bsky.social and @stonewalluk.bsky.social has published the Being Ready Survey Report – looking at trans and gender diverse people’s experiences of death, dying, and bereavement care.
👉 Download here: www.gires.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
✨ New Report Out Now ✨
GIRES, in partnership with @hospiceuk.bsky.social and @stonewalluk.bsky.social has published the Being Ready Survey Report – looking at trans and gender diverse people’s experiences of death, dying, and bereavement care.
👉 Download here: www.gires.org.uk/wp-content/u...
GIRES, in partnership with @hospiceuk.bsky.social and @stonewalluk.bsky.social has published the Being Ready Survey Report – looking at trans and gender diverse people’s experiences of death, dying, and bereavement care.
👉 Download here: www.gires.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Reposted by GIRES UK
If you believe in trans inclusion, if GIRES has helped you or your organisation, or if you want to protect trans inclusive research and resources, at a time when they are being removed from websites and physical spaces around the world – please donate and share.
🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
Save GIRES – Keep Vital Trans Resources Available
We urgently need to raise £10,000 – so that GIRES can continue supporting the trans community and those that help them.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you believe in trans inclusion, if GIRES has helped you or your organisation, or if you want to protect trans inclusive research and resources, at a time when they are being removed from websites and physical spaces around the world – please donate and share.
🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
🔗 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
Reposted by GIRES UK
But now, like many small charities, we’re facing a financial cliff edge. We urgently need to raise £3,255 before our crowdfunder closes in just 6 days 🙏
🙏 Please share our crowdfunder, so we can reach as many people as possible before the deadline: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
🙏 Please share our crowdfunder, so we can reach as many people as possible before the deadline: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
Save GIRES – Keep Vital Trans Resources Available
We urgently need to raise £10,000 – so that GIRES can continue supporting the trans community and those that help them.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
But now, like many small charities, we’re facing a financial cliff edge. We urgently need to raise £3,255 before our crowdfunder closes in just 6 days 🙏
🙏 Please share our crowdfunder, so we can reach as many people as possible before the deadline: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
🙏 Please share our crowdfunder, so we can reach as many people as possible before the deadline: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
Reposted by GIRES UK
From safeguarding trans healthcare knowledge, to presenting trans research at #WPATH and #Epath, to running the UK’s largest free trans support directory (TransWiki), and creating inclusive, evidence-based training used by councils, educators, and charities – GIRES has made a real difference.
Tranzwiki – – Gender Identity Research & Education Society – Tranzwiki directory
www.gires.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by GIRES UK
For nearly 30 years, GIRES has been a vital source of trusted research, training, and support for the trans and gender-diverse community and those who work alongside them.
lok.gires.org.uk
lok.gires.org.uk
Legacy of Kindness – Recording History for the Future
lok.gires.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For nearly 30 years, GIRES has been a vital source of trusted research, training, and support for the trans and gender-diverse community and those who work alongside them.
lok.gires.org.uk
lok.gires.org.uk
Reposted by GIRES UK
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
⚠ Only 6 days left and £3,255 still to raise!
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Today is International Day of Charity, and we’re asking for your support to help us keep GIRES going.
🙏 Please donate and share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-gires
#InternationalDayOfCharity #Epath2025 #TransResearch
Over 100 LGBTQ+ orgs including GIRES have urged MPs to demand scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice on single sex spaces.
Without debate it will pass into law in 40 days — threatening rights, dignity & safety of trans+ and gender-diverse people.
Read more 👉 www.gires.org.uk/joint-statem...
Without debate it will pass into law in 40 days — threatening rights, dignity & safety of trans+ and gender-diverse people.
Read more 👉 www.gires.org.uk/joint-statem...
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Over 100 LGBTQ+ orgs including GIRES have urged MPs to demand scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice on single sex spaces.
Without debate it will pass into law in 40 days — threatening rights, dignity & safety of trans+ and gender-diverse people.
Read more 👉 www.gires.org.uk/joint-statem...
Without debate it will pass into law in 40 days — threatening rights, dignity & safety of trans+ and gender-diverse people.
Read more 👉 www.gires.org.uk/joint-statem...