Transiness
@transiness.bsky.social
Research-led project focused on safeguarding, access, and structural harms affecting transitioned women. We publish institutional analysis, audits, guidance, and reflective work reclaiming epistemic authority.
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Safeguarding and Protection Failures for Transitioned Women Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence -
An evidence-led briefing analysing safeguarding and protection pathway failures affecting transitioned women experiencing domestic and sexual violence in England.
transiness.com
The Transiness Safeguarding Report 2026 has now been finalised and published.
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
Survivor input is welcome as part of our UK safeguarding review of sexual violence support services.
We assess publicly visible pathways - the information people rely on when deciding whether a service feels safe to approach.
We assess publicly visible pathways - the information people rely on when deciding whether a service feels safe to approach.
Our draft Welsh audit of sexual violence services is now available. We will continue refining the report as services provide clarification.
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
Finding Safety: Sexual Violence Services in Wales - Transiness
An audit of Welsh sexual violence support services assessing front-door accessibility, inclusion clarity for transitioned women (trans women), and safeguarding risk—supporting safer help-seeking decis...
transiness.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Survivor input is welcome as part of our UK safeguarding review of sexual violence support services.
We assess publicly visible pathways - the information people rely on when deciding whether a service feels safe to approach.
We assess publicly visible pathways - the information people rely on when deciding whether a service feels safe to approach.
From a personal or organisational perspective, it's probably good if you respond to this consultation (we've done our bit)
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation
www.gov.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
From a personal or organisational perspective, it's probably good if you respond to this consultation (we've done our bit)
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Five years since Newcastle University's One of the Lasses report highlighted the systemic barriers faced by transitioned women in abuse support services, little has changed. Our latest audits reveal that many services remain unsafe for transitioned women.
www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/gps/...
www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/gps/...
www.ncl.ac.uk
February 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Five years since Newcastle University's One of the Lasses report highlighted the systemic barriers faced by transitioned women in abuse support services, little has changed. Our latest audits reveal that many services remain unsafe for transitioned women.
www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/gps/...
www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/gps/...
Our draft Welsh audit of sexual violence services is now available. We will continue refining the report as services provide clarification.
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
Finding Safety: Sexual Violence Services in Wales - Transiness
An audit of Welsh sexual violence support services assessing front-door accessibility, inclusion clarity for transitioned women (trans women), and safeguarding risk—supporting safer help-seeking decis...
transiness.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Our draft Welsh audit of sexual violence services is now available. We will continue refining the report as services provide clarification.
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
✅ Evidence-led methodology
✅ Structural safeguarding analysis
🛟Designed to support safer help-seeking.
transiness.com?p=725
We've released our draft review of Scottish sexual violence services. We're clarifying now and may content and adjust accordingly.
✅We show our working, and our methodology for every service listed
🛟It's a first of its kind, shifting responsibility from survivors to services
transiness.com?p=710
✅We show our working, and our methodology for every service listed
🛟It's a first of its kind, shifting responsibility from survivors to services
transiness.com?p=710
Finding Safety: Sexual Violence Services in Scotland - %
A safeguarding audit of sexual violence services in Scotland, analysing service design, access, and institutional harm affecting transitioned women.
transiness.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
We've released our draft review of Scottish sexual violence services. We're clarifying now and may content and adjust accordingly.
✅We show our working, and our methodology for every service listed
🛟It's a first of its kind, shifting responsibility from survivors to services
transiness.com?p=710
✅We show our working, and our methodology for every service listed
🛟It's a first of its kind, shifting responsibility from survivors to services
transiness.com?p=710
I spoke to a young transitioned woman today. She had been sexually assaulted twice on the train by different men in recent months.
She doesn't seek justice because it's unattainable. Because she'll be scrutinised by services that think her breasts are "male", and re-traumatised in the process.
She doesn't seek justice because it's unattainable. Because she'll be scrutinised by services that think her breasts are "male", and re-traumatised in the process.
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I spoke to a young transitioned woman today. She had been sexually assaulted twice on the train by different men in recent months.
She doesn't seek justice because it's unattainable. Because she'll be scrutinised by services that think her breasts are "male", and re-traumatised in the process.
She doesn't seek justice because it's unattainable. Because she'll be scrutinised by services that think her breasts are "male", and re-traumatised in the process.
This is not just a report for commissioners, regulators, and services.
This is a report for all transitioned women who are survivors.
So many of you have said: “That was me.”
You are seen.
You are recognised.
You are held within these pages.
This is a report for all transitioned women who are survivors.
So many of you have said: “That was me.”
You are seen.
You are recognised.
You are held within these pages.
The Transiness Safeguarding Report 2026 has now been finalised and published.
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
Safeguarding and Protection Failures for Transitioned Women Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence -
An evidence-led briefing analysing safeguarding and protection pathway failures affecting transitioned women experiencing domestic and sexual violence in England.
transiness.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is not just a report for commissioners, regulators, and services.
This is a report for all transitioned women who are survivors.
So many of you have said: “That was me.”
You are seen.
You are recognised.
You are held within these pages.
This is a report for all transitioned women who are survivors.
So many of you have said: “That was me.”
You are seen.
You are recognised.
You are held within these pages.
The Transiness Safeguarding Report 2026 has now been finalised and published.
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
Safeguarding and Protection Failures for Transitioned Women Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence -
An evidence-led briefing analysing safeguarding and protection pathway failures affecting transitioned women experiencing domestic and sexual violence in England.
transiness.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The Transiness Safeguarding Report 2026 has now been finalised and published.
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
It documents systemic safeguarding routing failures within sexual and domestic violence services affecting transitioned women, grounded in statutory duties and trauma-informed practice.
transiness.com?p=536
Out of 15 Scottish rape crisis services reviewed for safeguarding accessibility for transitioned women:
🟢 7 Recommended (low safeguarding risk)
🟡 4 Conditionally recommended (safe with caveats)
🟠 1 Requires direct clarification (moderate risk)
🔴 3 Not recommended (high safeguarding risk)
🟢 7 Recommended (low safeguarding risk)
🟡 4 Conditionally recommended (safe with caveats)
🟠 1 Requires direct clarification (moderate risk)
🔴 3 Not recommended (high safeguarding risk)
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Out of 15 Scottish rape crisis services reviewed for safeguarding accessibility for transitioned women:
🟢 7 Recommended (low safeguarding risk)
🟡 4 Conditionally recommended (safe with caveats)
🟠 1 Requires direct clarification (moderate risk)
🔴 3 Not recommended (high safeguarding risk)
🟢 7 Recommended (low safeguarding risk)
🟡 4 Conditionally recommended (safe with caveats)
🟠 1 Requires direct clarification (moderate risk)
🔴 3 Not recommended (high safeguarding risk)
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We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope with a quilt longer than an Olympic swimming pool.
Here's how you make your own patch. 👇
Here's how you make your own patch. 👇
The Trans Unity Quilt | Good Law Project
Crafting visibility through community, fighting eradication through creation.
goodlawproject.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope with a quilt longer than an Olympic swimming pool.
Here's how you make your own patch. 👇
Here's how you make your own patch. 👇
Sometimes when we’ve been harmed, we lose track of what reasonable expectations look like.
Here’s what every survivor is allowed to expect from support services 🧵
Here’s what every survivor is allowed to expect from support services 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Sometimes when we’ve been harmed, we lose track of what reasonable expectations look like.
Here’s what every survivor is allowed to expect from support services 🧵
Here’s what every survivor is allowed to expect from support services 🧵
While America executes its own citizens, in the UK it seems we're happy just to remove any access to health and social care for trans people by mandating disclosure prior to access, and collect names and registers... for now.
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
While America executes its own citizens, in the UK it seems we're happy just to remove any access to health and social care for trans people by mandating disclosure prior to access, and collect names and registers... for now.
Below is an excerpt of our safeguarding briefing. It's a work in progress, but we felt it was too important to be left unsaid. You can download the full report here: transiness.com?p=536
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Below is an excerpt of our safeguarding briefing. It's a work in progress, but we felt it was too important to be left unsaid. You can download the full report here: transiness.com?p=536
We’re making an important safety announcement.
Following sustained engagement with the NPCC, we’ve had to disengage from negotiation. That means we can’t rely on policy change to protect people right now.
We know even imagining this is distressing. We wouldn’t share it unless necessary.
Following sustained engagement with the NPCC, we’ve had to disengage from negotiation. That means we can’t rely on policy change to protect people right now.
We know even imagining this is distressing. We wouldn’t share it unless necessary.
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
We’re making an important safety announcement.
Following sustained engagement with the NPCC, we’ve had to disengage from negotiation. That means we can’t rely on policy change to protect people right now.
We know even imagining this is distressing. We wouldn’t share it unless necessary.
Following sustained engagement with the NPCC, we’ve had to disengage from negotiation. That means we can’t rely on policy change to protect people right now.
We know even imagining this is distressing. We wouldn’t share it unless necessary.
We’ve sent our final correspondence to the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which asserts that the Supreme Court determined its policy. We set out how that assertion results in internal inconsistencies in the operational treatment of anatomy, public decency, & sexual offences within their framework.
January 19, 2026 at 11:13 PM
We’ve sent our final correspondence to the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which asserts that the Supreme Court determined its policy. We set out how that assertion results in internal inconsistencies in the operational treatment of anatomy, public decency, & sexual offences within their framework.
A snapshot from our institutional safeguarding analysis: only 13.9% of England’s rape crisis and sexual violence services can be confidently recommended for transitioned women. Over 75% present safeguarding risks or unclear access.
transiness.com?p=391
transiness.com?p=391
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A snapshot from our institutional safeguarding analysis: only 13.9% of England’s rape crisis and sexual violence services can be confidently recommended for transitioned women. Over 75% present safeguarding risks or unclear access.
transiness.com?p=391
transiness.com?p=391
We’ve updated the Transiness site to improve clarity and navigation across analytical reports, audits, and guidance. The revised structure is intended to make the scope and intent clearer to readers.
transiness.com
transiness.com
For Us, By Us, About Us -
This site is written for transitioned women, and for those seeking to understand the systems that affect our safety, dignity, and access to support. Transiness is a research-led project focused on saf...
transiness.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We’ve updated the Transiness site to improve clarity and navigation across analytical reports, audits, and guidance. The revised structure is intended to make the scope and intent clearer to readers.
transiness.com
transiness.com
We’ve published an institutional safeguarding analysis examining safeguarding failures affecting transitioned women experiencing sexual and domestic violence. The report analyses how service design produces predictable disengagement from protection.
transiness.com?p=536
transiness.com?p=536
Safeguarding and Protection Failures for Transitioned Women Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence -
An evidence-led briefing analysing safeguarding and protection pathway failures affecting transitioned women experiencing domestic and sexual violence in England.
transiness.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We’ve published an institutional safeguarding analysis examining safeguarding failures affecting transitioned women experiencing sexual and domestic violence. The report analyses how service design produces predictable disengagement from protection.
transiness.com?p=536
transiness.com?p=536
We’ve published an audit for England, reviewing publicly available website information for sexual violence services, assessing navigability and safeguarding for transitioned women.
The findings inform our Finding Safety guide and highlight where pathways are clear or risky.
transiness.com?p=391
The findings inform our Finding Safety guide and highlight where pathways are clear or risky.
transiness.com?p=391
Transiness Report on Sexual Violence Services: England Audit Summary and Safeguarding Assessment - Transiness
A survivor-led safeguarding audit of sexual violence services in England, assessing whether transitioned women can safely access support without forced disclosure, misrouting, or exclusion.
transiness.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
We’ve published an audit for England, reviewing publicly available website information for sexual violence services, assessing navigability and safeguarding for transitioned women.
The findings inform our Finding Safety guide and highlight where pathways are clear or risky.
transiness.com?p=391
The findings inform our Finding Safety guide and highlight where pathways are clear or risky.
transiness.com?p=391
We’re currently scoping sexual violence support services across Scotland and are seeing a strong trend towards more inclusive and accessible approaches. We’ll be expanding our guide to include more Scottish services as we hear back from them.
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
We’re currently scoping sexual violence support services across Scotland and are seeing a strong trend towards more inclusive and accessible approaches. We’ll be expanding our guide to include more Scottish services as we hear back from them.
There's no playbook for "how to recalibrate an entire safeguarding system that's been gaslit by fear".
That's you, me, services, everyone. What we've learned in advocacy is: you have to precisely describe the holistic experience of the survivor.
That's you, me, services, everyone. What we've learned in advocacy is: you have to precisely describe the holistic experience of the survivor.
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
There's no playbook for "how to recalibrate an entire safeguarding system that's been gaslit by fear".
That's you, me, services, everyone. What we've learned in advocacy is: you have to precisely describe the holistic experience of the survivor.
That's you, me, services, everyone. What we've learned in advocacy is: you have to precisely describe the holistic experience of the survivor.
Following consultation, we’ve identified another service that meets our safeguarding threshold for transitioned women and have added it to Finding Safety. Do remember to refresh the page.
The guide will continue to be updated as reliable, pre-contact safe pathways are confirmed.
The guide will continue to be updated as reliable, pre-contact safe pathways are confirmed.
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Following consultation, we’ve identified another service that meets our safeguarding threshold for transitioned women and have added it to Finding Safety. Do remember to refresh the page.
The guide will continue to be updated as reliable, pre-contact safe pathways are confirmed.
The guide will continue to be updated as reliable, pre-contact safe pathways are confirmed.
We’re continuing to hear from services about support for transitioned women.
At present, no new services have met the threshold for inclusion. Finding Safety lists services only where a survivor can know, before contact, how she’ll be treated and routed without disclosure or negotiation in crisis.
At present, no new services have met the threshold for inclusion. Finding Safety lists services only where a survivor can know, before contact, how she’ll be treated and routed without disclosure or negotiation in crisis.
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
We’re continuing to hear from services about support for transitioned women.
At present, no new services have met the threshold for inclusion. Finding Safety lists services only where a survivor can know, before contact, how she’ll be treated and routed without disclosure or negotiation in crisis.
At present, no new services have met the threshold for inclusion. Finding Safety lists services only where a survivor can know, before contact, how she’ll be treated and routed without disclosure or negotiation in crisis.
New article: The Quiet Wisdom of Las Salinas
A little-known village in the Dominican Republic offers a case study in how societies adapt to biological change, and what happens when language and classification track material reality rather than resisting it.
transiness.com?p=374
A little-known village in the Dominican Republic offers a case study in how societies adapt to biological change, and what happens when language and classification track material reality rather than resisting it.
transiness.com?p=374
The Quiet Wisdom of Las Salinas - Transiness
What a village in the Dominican Republic reveals about adaptive classification, changing bodies, and why rigid institutional labels cause avoidable harm in healthcare and safeguarding.
transiness.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
New article: The Quiet Wisdom of Las Salinas
A little-known village in the Dominican Republic offers a case study in how societies adapt to biological change, and what happens when language and classification track material reality rather than resisting it.
transiness.com?p=374
A little-known village in the Dominican Republic offers a case study in how societies adapt to biological change, and what happens when language and classification track material reality rather than resisting it.
transiness.com?p=374
We're up to version 2.4 of "Finding Safety". Please remember to refresh the page 💜.
🛟 Immediate safety is now navigable from the front page
📖 A complete directory is also navigable from the front page
✔️ Some "hidden" services have been located
transiness.com?p=302
🛟 Immediate safety is now navigable from the front page
📖 A complete directory is also navigable from the front page
✔️ Some "hidden" services have been located
transiness.com?p=302
Finding Safety: A Full Guide for Transitioned Women Affected by Sexual or Domestic Violence in the UK (2026) - Transiness
A trauma-informed guide for transitioned women in the UK seeking support after sexual or domestic violence. Honest, practical, and grounded in safeguarding realities.
transiness.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
We're up to version 2.4 of "Finding Safety". Please remember to refresh the page 💜.
🛟 Immediate safety is now navigable from the front page
📖 A complete directory is also navigable from the front page
✔️ Some "hidden" services have been located
transiness.com?p=302
🛟 Immediate safety is now navigable from the front page
📖 A complete directory is also navigable from the front page
✔️ Some "hidden" services have been located
transiness.com?p=302