We have received this request from a doctoral student who would like the help of a few members of the Beaumont Society. “My name is Iulian Chear and I am a doctoral student at NSPC/Middlesex University London in Counselling and Psychotherapy. As part of my doctoral research, I am conducting a study on the lived […]
News
Summer magazine is on its way.
All members who receive the Beaumont Magazine should receive their copy of the summer issue (No 110) very soon. I took them all to my local sorting office yesterday morning (2nd July). Actually, having packed them in their envelopes, stuck on the address labels and stamps on Tuesday afternoon and evening, I took them to […]
Letter to Liz Truss, Minister for Women and Equalities
The Committee of the Beaumont Society is concerned at rumours that the Government is planning to introduce new regulations relating to the use of ‘single-sex’ safe spaces. We wrote a letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, on 16th June. Here is the text of that letter, which we also copied to […]
Former President Janett Scott has died
It is with great sadness that I report that our former President, Janett Scott, has died. Janett was a dominant figure in the Beaumont Society for many years and did a huge amount to support to support trans people, and endured a great deal of abuse as a result. We will post more information in […]
Emma has now found a trans-woman who became a campaigner after experiencing discrimination
Emma has just notified me that she has now found enough interviewees for her article. I will post details of the article when it becomes available. She has asked me thank those who expressed an interest. I had received this request from Emma Elms, a thoroughly trustworthy journalist who has written articles about me and […]
We have received this message from Benji Taylor from Yorkshire MESMAC. Please take time to read it and help with their research if you can. “I am community development worker from the Integrating Care for Trans Adults project at Yorkshire MESMAC. We are asking for you to support our project as we keep up the momentum […]
Join us for a Quiz! Wednesday 6 May 7pm
Lynne Jones has kindly organised a quiz for us. We hope that you will be able to join in. Here are Lynne’s instructions nohow to do that. Please join us for an online Quiz on Wednesday the 6th of May at 7 pm. To Join the quiz go to myquiz.org then put in the code […]
Beaumont Society welcomes all people who accept and follow its vision and aims
There seems to be a false rumour circulating that the Beaumont Society does not welcome post-op transsexual members. This is clearly nonsense as the president is a post-op transsexual. (Personally I do not like, and prefer not to use, that word – although it is currently the legal and medical term, and I have no objection […]
New magazine in the post today
I have just returned from my local Royal Mail sorting office having handed over all the magazines for those members who have postal and combined membership. They should be with you in the next few days, but given the current circumstances, who knows? I hope that the pdf copy will go up on the website […]
Gift Aid: A Plea from the Beaumont Society Treasurer
I hope everyone has heard of Gift Aid by now. This is a scheme that enables registered charities throughout the UK to recover income tax on donations that are made to it by UK taxpayers. The benefit to charities is that they can collect from HMRC an additional 25% of any donations it receives. In the […]