Our HodgePodge Community have kindly agreed for us to share their words

This week for Trans Awareness Week we thought we’d share the words and conversations from the children and families who attend Hodgepodge, our support group for trans and gender diverse children and young people.

We have launched a collection promoting gender diversity and the use of gender pronouns.

The badges are part of a collaboration with celebrated art illustrator Rebecca Strickson, who uses her art to promote important messages on social issues. The new collection ‘Pronouns Matter’ features pin badges, embroidered patches, notebooks and art prints all raising vital funds for Think2Speak’s work with transgender children and young people.

What can professionals, community leaders, friends and family do to be more supportive of trans children and young people?

Lizzie Jordan, our CEO and founder, talks about our work and why an open and honest dialogue around challenging subject matters, such as gender variance, is so vital when it comes to educating younger generations. Hear what she has to say on the Gender GP - Transgender Medical Help​ podcast.

The Trans Teen Survival Guide by Fox Fisher and Owl is a book we thoroughly recommend not only to young people but also to parents, guardians and carers, education and health professionals and anyone who wants to know more about the reality of social and medical transitions and the many opportunities and challenges faced by young people who are trans, gender-diverse or gender-questioning in the UK and beyond.

Zoe from a local secondary school has joined the team this week on work experience. Here is her guest blog; she choose the topic of trans youth as she's currently doing her A level Art on 'How ignorance affects trans people'.

Schools can prevent the decline of trans and non-binary students’ mental health - Zoe (16)

Today Stonewall released their School Report 2017 - a study of more than 3,700 LGBT pupils across the UK. While there is much to celebrate, the study also shows how much there is left to do