My name is Charlotte, I am a filmmaker from Paisley, Scotland and I would like to reach out to connect with you in regards to my next short film project EYES DOWN. The film is a four minute short drama piece which follows Mary, a trans woman who has come to terms with her true […]
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Womb transplants for trans people?
We have received a request from Dr Benjamin Jones who is the clinical research fellow coordinating the UK womb transplantation programme and is currently undertaking a PhD at Imperial College London. He is actively researching the viability of undertaking womb transplants as part of gender reassignment as legally, ethically and morally he is a firm […]
Journalist seeking help
We have received this request from Kim Willis: “I hope you are well. My name is Kim, I’m a freelance writer and I contribute to Grazia magazine. We would like to write about what it’s like to be the daughter of someone who has transitioned and I wondered if you know of any grown up […]
The Spring Magazine is on its way
Issue 105 of the Beaumont Magazine was put in the post today to all those who receive the printed version, and will appear on the website in the next few days. If Royal Mail does its job, the magazines should arrive on Friday 29th March. As usual there are many interesting items including articles, stories […]
Trans actor to appear on Neighbours
Georgie Stone, who is a trans actress and advocate for gender diverse youth, will be the first transgender character in Neighbours, the long-running Australian TV soap opera. Georgie, who is 18, suggested the idea for introducing a trans character to the producers of the programme. A great deal of preparation and meetings were involved to ensure that […]
Research Project
We have received another enquiry from researcher seeking participants: “I’m getting in touch as a doctoral researcher based at Lancaster University. I’m currently recruiting participants for research exploring relationships with body weight and shape for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in the UK. The research is paid (in the form of a £20 gift […]
Mermaids will get their National Lottery grant
The National Lottery Community Fund has confirmed that it will award a grant worth £500,000 over 5 years to Mermaids, the wonderful charity that supports children, teenagers and their families. There was a two-month review into the funding because of malicious and inaccurate allegations made against Mermaids. It is no surprise that the review discovered […]
Talisa Garcia – Kim Vogel in ‘Baptiste’
Talisa Garcia, who plays Kim Vogel in the new BBC series ‘Baptiste’ – a spin off from the very successful ‘Missing ‘ series, is a trans woman playing a trans woman. Talisa was born in Chile but grew up in Wales and moved to London when she was 13. She had gender confirming surgery at […]
Research Project
We have received this request from an MSc student at the LSE. Are you able to help? “My name is Cody Byrne and I am currently studying my MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For one of my assignments, I’m looking to work with three older […]
New-look website latest
The Beaumont Society’s new-look website will go ‘live’ sometime on the afternoon of Monday 21st January 2019. When that happens members will no longer be able to access the members’ areas of the website until the switchover is complete which is likely to be sometime on Wednesday 23rd January. I apologise for any inconvenience this […]