RECLAIM Daily — May 10, 2026.
93 years ago today: Nazis burned Hirschfeld's trans archive. This morning: Reform-controlled councils came for the Pride flags. Durham, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire — “we are not going to spend taxpayers' money funding that.”
The Equality Act §149 doesn't let councils opt out of equality for one protected group. The collision is the point.
https://codeberg.org/ReclaimAllies/reclaim-allies/src/branch/main/daily/2026-05-10-daily-digest.md
Tomorrow — Trans+ History Day.
Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, Berlin: founded 1919, raided May 6 1933, library of 20,000+ volumes burned May 10. The world’s first centre for trans medicine.
The science came first. The erasure came second. That order matters every time someone tells you trans people are new.
https://www.transhistoryweek.com
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RECLAIM Daily — May 4
Trans+ History Week opens today. Three days from a UK election. Two weeks from an EU decision on conversion-therapy.
The fact that holds (TransActual, March 2026): 99% of UK trans people say media coverage has damaged their mental health. 96%, how strangers behave. 91%, how families behave.
Digest: https://codeberg.org/ReclaimAllies/reclaim-allies/src/branch/main/daily/2026-05-04-daily-digest.md
Science Explainer: What Sex Chromosomes Actually Do — And What They Don't
A sex chromosome is a starting instruction, not a verdict. The SRY gene triggers a cascade — and that cascade can run differently. Forty+ recognised variations. About 1.7% of births, comparable to natural red hair.
"XX or XY, end of story" was never the science.
See also May 1: Sex Is Not One Thing — It's Five.
Full explainer: https://codeberg.org/ReclaimAllies/reclaim-allies/src/branch/main/science/2026-05-04-explainer-what-sex-chromosomes-actually-do.md
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Did you know? Michael Dillon was not only the first trans man to have phalloplasty, he was also the surgeon for one of Roberta Cowell’s transition related surgeries. The surgery he did on Roberta was not legal at the time, so Michael operated on her illegally.
It’s Trans+ History Week and you by now that TransActual love a bit of trans history. But did you know there are links to loads of articles on trans history on our website?
You’ll find them at: https://transactual.org.uk/articles/
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It’s Trans+ History week and in addition to TransActual’s articles library (see yesterday morning’s post), there are some great resources on our history from Trans+ History Week too.
Find them at: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/
Elagabalus was made a Roman Emperor at the age of just 14. The Emperor often wore wigs and makeup, and liked to be referred to by feminine titles. Elagabalus reportedly offered a large sum of money to any doctor who could give them a vagina.
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Andrea Jenkins is a politician, poet, activist and community historian. She was the first Black trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States and continues to work for the whole community.
“Transgender people have been here forever…I look forward to more trans people joining me in elected office and all other kinds of leadership roles in our society." Andrea Jenkins
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