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A backlog of letters
After much procrastination I have finally got my act together and recorded my first independent Instagram reel. And it turns out it...
carolinelitman
15 hours ago12 min read
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A Letter to Wes
Edited 29th May My letter writing campaign to Streeting and Starmer continues. Two days late posting here, this is letter number four to...
carolinelitman
May 285 min read
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My letter writing campaign to Keir Starmer begins
12th May 2025  Dear Prime Minister I need your help. I’m the mother of Alice, a transgender woman who died by suicide aged twenty. The...
carolinelitman
May 125 min read
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How one dismal suburban dinner party focussed my mind as to the danger of cis complacency in the fight for trans rights.
I've felt so crushed by the UK Supreme Court ruling in the For Women Scotland (FWS) case, that states, for the purposes of the Equality...
carolinelitman
Apr 2916 min read
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Feedback From a Reader
Caroline signing copies of 'Her Name Is Alice' at Gays the Word, London. It's not quite a fortnight since my book Her Name is Alice was...
carolinelitman
Mar 253 min read
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Monday reflections on an atypical Sunday: an interview in the Times and an evening with Judith Butler.
I had to retreat under my grief blanket and write, after anti-trans heckling at this event last night left me in tears. I agreed to be...
carolinelitman
Mar 108 min read
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Brief musings on grief, resolutions, transphobia and a Christmas tree's end.
TW Suicide, anxiety, references to transphobia We are ten days into 2025 and I’ve been to the gym six times, not bad when I haven’t...
carolinelitman
Jan 115 min read
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An aggravation of my wound
For those of you that have been following me on Twitter for the last year, you will already know the story of Alice, my transgender...
carolinelitman
Oct 19, 20243 min read
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