vic parsons
@vic-parsons.bsky.social
lead investigative journalist @wearequeeraf.com. freelance writer on LGBTQ+ politics and culture for Vogue, Gay Times, the i, etc. formerly at TBIJ, PinkNews.
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· Oct 4
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
lots more to come this month in this new investigative series The Gender Clinic Files from @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com – look out for the first podcast featuring @clairestranstalks.bsky.social diving deep into the data on Monday. Claire has done immense work on this 👏🏻
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"Gender clinics create the bottlenecks for treatment"
@vic-parsons.bsky.social examines what it would take to fix the transgender healthcare crisis in the UK, and clear the 48,000 people waitlist 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
@vic-parsons.bsky.social examines what it would take to fix the transgender healthcare crisis in the UK, and clear the 48,000 people waitlist 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Gender Clinic Files: What would a healthcare system that works for Trans+ people look like in the UK?
What would it take to reduce the 48,000-person wait list for transgender healthcare in the UK?
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Gender clinics create the bottlenecks for treatment"
@vic-parsons.bsky.social examines what it would take to fix the transgender healthcare crisis in the UK, and clear the 48,000 people waitlist 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
@vic-parsons.bsky.social examines what it would take to fix the transgender healthcare crisis in the UK, and clear the 48,000 people waitlist 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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The national picture shows waiting times for gender identity clinics that far exceed the NHS's recommended maximum of 18 weeks.
But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The national picture shows waiting times for gender identity clinics that far exceed the NHS's recommended maximum of 18 weeks.
But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
But drilling down into the data from our investigation, 'The Gender Clinic Files' reveals huge disparities across the UK
👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We have heard that the Green Party has passed a motion at conference calling for desegregation of trans healthcare and to end the practice of GICs and to move it to primary care.
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
And you can definitely see why they voted for it here:
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.
In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.
224 YEARS.
This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.
We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.
224 YEARS.
This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.
We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.
lots more to come this month in this new investigative series The Gender Clinic Files from @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com – look out for the first podcast featuring @clairestranstalks.bsky.social diving deep into the data on Monday. Claire has done immense work on this 👏🏻
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
lots more to come this month in this new investigative series The Gender Clinic Files from @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com – look out for the first podcast featuring @clairestranstalks.bsky.social diving deep into the data on Monday. Claire has done immense work on this 👏🏻
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Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
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Around 1 in 5 of the entire trans+ population is on an NHS waiting list, up from 1 in 8 two years ago.
The gender clinic files is out now!
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Around 1 in 5 of the entire trans+ population is on an NHS waiting list, up from 1 in 8 two years ago.
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🆕️🚨 After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country.
They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🆕️🚨 After painstaking research, dozens of FOIs and months of analysis we release the Gender Clinic Files which reveal waiting times for every GIC in the country.
They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
They lay bare, how far off the mark the Health Secretary's estimation of the average wait is 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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This Saturday after painstaking research and FOIs by @clairestranstalks.bsky.social with @whatthetrans.com, we'll publish 'The Gender Clinic Files' in our newsletter:
A new investigative series exposing deep structural issues with UK Transgender healthcare
Sign up 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
A new investigative series exposing deep structural issues with UK Transgender healthcare
Sign up 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
October 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This Saturday after painstaking research and FOIs by @clairestranstalks.bsky.social with @whatthetrans.com, we'll publish 'The Gender Clinic Files' in our newsletter:
A new investigative series exposing deep structural issues with UK Transgender healthcare
Sign up 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
A new investigative series exposing deep structural issues with UK Transgender healthcare
Sign up 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
me for Attitude Magazine breaking down where UK political parties stand on LGBTQ+ rights
www.attitude.co.uk/main-stories...
www.attitude.co.uk/main-stories...
Question time: As Labour breaks promises to LGBTQs, who will be our voice in Westminster?
Over the last year, Labour and much of the UK government has shifted to a less supportive position of queer people. Here, Attitude examines the policies of all of the political parties
www.attitude.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
me for Attitude Magazine breaking down where UK political parties stand on LGBTQ+ rights
www.attitude.co.uk/main-stories...
www.attitude.co.uk/main-stories...
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7/ Analysis - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
Some Pride organisers contacted by QueerAF had a ‘not to worry’ approach to the new policing bill – because Pride events are not a site of ‘criminal activity', so police won’t be able to use the powers at Pride.
But recent history tells a different story.
Some Pride organisers contacted by QueerAF had a ‘not to worry’ approach to the new policing bill – because Pride events are not a site of ‘criminal activity', so police won’t be able to use the powers at Pride.
But recent history tells a different story.
September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
7/ Analysis - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
Some Pride organisers contacted by QueerAF had a ‘not to worry’ approach to the new policing bill – because Pride events are not a site of ‘criminal activity', so police won’t be able to use the powers at Pride.
But recent history tells a different story.
Some Pride organisers contacted by QueerAF had a ‘not to worry’ approach to the new policing bill – because Pride events are not a site of ‘criminal activity', so police won’t be able to use the powers at Pride.
But recent history tells a different story.
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"Pride started as a queer uprising against police brutality – our elders surely would have taken this expansion of police powers seriously and fought back. Why aren’t we?" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...
www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...
New police powers could criminalise wearing a mask at Pride
The police will have the power to make it a criminal offence to cover your face at a public protest if Labour’s proposed policing bill becomes law, putting LGBTQIA+ people attending Pride events in da...
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Pride started as a queer uprising against police brutality – our elders surely would have taken this expansion of police powers seriously and fought back. Why aren’t we?" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...
www.wearequeeraf.com/new-police-p...
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Congrats to @vic-parsons.bsky.social on this excellent podcast, that I was also interviewed on. Check it out on the QueerAF podcast!
"The multimillionaire who shaped modern trans healthcare"
"The multimillionaire who shaped modern trans healthcare"
Cal Horton & Morgan Page are featured on the latest @wearequeeraf.com podcast. @fiercemum.bsky.social provides a clear & informative history to the UK escalating destruction of healthcare for Trans youth in the UK podfollow.com/queeraf/epis...
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives: The multimillionaire who shaped modern Trans+ healthcare
Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Wester...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Congrats to @vic-parsons.bsky.social on this excellent podcast, that I was also interviewed on. Check it out on the QueerAF podcast!
"The multimillionaire who shaped modern trans healthcare"
"The multimillionaire who shaped modern trans healthcare"
Reposted by vic parsons
Cal Horton & Morgan Page are featured on the latest @wearequeeraf.com podcast. @fiercemum.bsky.social provides a clear & informative history to the UK escalating destruction of healthcare for Trans youth in the UK podfollow.com/queeraf/epis...
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives: The multimillionaire who shaped modern Trans+ healthcare
Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Wester...
podfollow.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Cal Horton & Morgan Page are featured on the latest @wearequeeraf.com podcast. @fiercemum.bsky.social provides a clear & informative history to the UK escalating destruction of healthcare for Trans youth in the UK podfollow.com/queeraf/epis...
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"In the time lawmakers have been debating, delaying and breaking their promises to LGBTQIA+ communities, so-called ‘conversion therapy’ groups have been proliferating in the UK, harming untold numbers" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-t...
www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-t...
‘Conversion therapy’ groups soaring £2M spend since ban on “abusive” practice promised
Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice
www.wearequeeraf.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"In the time lawmakers have been debating, delaying and breaking their promises to LGBTQIA+ communities, so-called ‘conversion therapy’ groups have been proliferating in the UK, harming untold numbers" - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-t...
www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-t...
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At Trans Pride London, scenes of both joy and defiance - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
“The lack of corporate floats means the density of the march is made up of real people, rather than corporations that don’t do anything for trans people the rest of the year”
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/tran...
“The lack of corporate floats means the density of the march is made up of real people, rather than corporations that don’t do anything for trans people the rest of the year”
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/tran...
At Trans Pride London, scenes of both joy and defiance
In a deeply challenging year for trans people, set off by the Equality Act ruling in April, more than 100,000 marchers came out to show their support for the community. We spoke to those on the ground...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
At Trans Pride London, scenes of both joy and defiance - @vic-parsons.bsky.social
“The lack of corporate floats means the density of the march is made up of real people, rather than corporations that don’t do anything for trans people the rest of the year”
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/tran...
“The lack of corporate floats means the density of the march is made up of real people, rather than corporations that don’t do anything for trans people the rest of the year”
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/tran...
i've joined @wearequeeraf.com as their lead investigative journalist. it feels exciting and timely to be coming on board now given how vital it is at this moment for us to have independent and rigorous queer media.
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🚨 @vic-parsons.bsky.social first exclusive into damning data about anti-LGBTQIA+ groups is out July 12, 2025 in our free newsletter👇
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July 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i've joined @wearequeeraf.com as their lead investigative journalist. it feels exciting and timely to be coming on board now given how vital it is at this moment for us to have independent and rigorous queer media.
read my stories in the QueerAF newsletter – it's free!
wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
read my stories in the QueerAF newsletter – it's free!
wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
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Cannot wait to moderate this! TODAY: Vital transatlantic discussion about where we go from here on defending trans+ people's human rights *sign up now* now to hear from: @zoandbehold.bsky.social @imarajones.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @dylantippetts.bsky.social @vic-parsons.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Cannot wait to moderate this! TODAY: Vital transatlantic discussion about where we go from here on defending trans+ people's human rights *sign up now* now to hear from: @zoandbehold.bsky.social @imarajones.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @dylantippetts.bsky.social @vic-parsons.bsky.social
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May 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Join our Trans Atlantic Political Exchange virtual event 11th June @ 4pm BST
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for Trans Day of Visibility i wrote about my unintentional mirror-free experiment for Gay Times. 10/10 would recommend.
magazine.gaytimes.com/trans-invisi...
magazine.gaytimes.com/trans-invisi...
Trans invisibility: on my year of living without mirrors
Vic Parsons reflects on how a year without seeing their own reflection impacted how they relate to gender and identity.
magazine.gaytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
for Trans Day of Visibility i wrote about my unintentional mirror-free experiment for Gay Times. 10/10 would recommend.
magazine.gaytimes.com/trans-invisi...
magazine.gaytimes.com/trans-invisi...
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Shout out to Cornwall Resists whose protest against Nigel Farage's attendance at a far-right event in Redruth was so effective, he has written an "Angry of Clacton" letter to the Home Secretary www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Nigel Farage vents anger at anti-fascists in letter to Home Secretary
Police said they were aware of some 'minor issues' at the Reform conference
www.cornwalllive.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Shout out to Cornwall Resists whose protest against Nigel Farage's attendance at a far-right event in Redruth was so effective, he has written an "Angry of Clacton" letter to the Home Secretary www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
for Gay Times i spoke to Shon Faye about her new book Love in Exile -- out tomorrow!
www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/sho...
www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/sho...
Shon Faye: "We treat romantic love very politically"
Ahead of the release of her memoir 'Love in Exile', Shon Faye unpacks the universality of heartbreak with Vic Parsons.
www.gaytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
for Gay Times i spoke to Shon Faye about her new book Love in Exile -- out tomorrow!
www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/sho...
www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/sho...
i met Caroline Litman at Trans+ Pride London in 2022 and took her picture, along with her daughter, Kate. reading HER NAME IS ALICE made me cry just as much as i did then. a must-read for those curious about trans people and those who love us, beyond the sensationalist media headlines.
January 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
i met Caroline Litman at Trans+ Pride London in 2022 and took her picture, along with her daughter, Kate. reading HER NAME IS ALICE made me cry just as much as i did then. a must-read for those curious about trans people and those who love us, beyond the sensationalist media headlines.
i don't usually do end-of-year roundups but i'm new here, so over the next few days i'll be sharing some of the work i did this year... starting with this, my last piece of the year and one of my favourites to write -- talking T-dicks for @gaytimes.bsky.social 🍆😈
apple.news/AREwjbCVMRR-...
apple.news/AREwjbCVMRR-...
“Being trans creates new versions of being a man”: On growing your own dick and bottom growth — GAY TIMES
“Bottom growth creates a new pocket of gay masc experience – there are things we can do that are specific to transmasculine gay sex”
apple.news
December 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
i don't usually do end-of-year roundups but i'm new here, so over the next few days i'll be sharing some of the work i did this year... starting with this, my last piece of the year and one of my favourites to write -- talking T-dicks for @gaytimes.bsky.social 🍆😈
apple.news/AREwjbCVMRR-...
apple.news/AREwjbCVMRR-...
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Damn fucking right. Good on Vogue and excellent work from @vic-parsons.bsky.social
Live out of spite 🩵🩷🤍
Live out of spite 🩵🩷🤍
Imagining A World In Which Trans Kids Are Free To Be Themselves by @vic-parsons.bsky.social
www.vogue.co.uk/article/pube...
www.vogue.co.uk/article/pube...
Imagining A World In Which Trans Kids Are Free To Be Themselves
On Wednesday, the British government permanently banned the prescription of puberty blockers to transgender young people, claiming the medication is dangerous. It remains legal for children who aren’t...
www.vogue.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Damn fucking right. Good on Vogue and excellent work from @vic-parsons.bsky.social
Live out of spite 🩵🩷🤍
Live out of spite 🩵🩷🤍