The summer of 2023 saw Oasis embarking on our most ambitious season of Pride events ever. While the roots of Pride lie in protest, Pride is also a vibrant celebration of love, joy, acceptance and equality. Pride allows Oasis to reach out to those waiting to find us, offering the opportunity to network, mark our … More 2023 Love And Prides
Times have changed for Transgender People in the last 50 years, or have they? I have found listening to the news or reading the media quite painful recently.So how were things back in the 60’s and 70’s. The BBC provides us with some fascinating insight. They have released footage of Trans Women discussing their lives … More Historic BBC Documentaries
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honour the memory of Rita Hester, a … More TDOR
It’s Saturday morning and Dee and I on the road heading for deepest darkness Norfolk; King’s Lynn to you folk not from Suffolk, With a sense of anticipation, we motored towards Pride Part Two. Oasis on tour; our Pride Team with our own ‘Rock’ N’ Roll Starr’ and definitely not those two horrible brothers from … More King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Pride
What an amazing summer of sport, and here at the Oasis Sports Department we (well me) have been lapping it up.With so much TV coverage sometimes it’s been hard to get off the sofa, but I have managed to stretch enough to use the remote control to full effect.What has been so exciting is seeing … More ‘Illegal To Be Me’.
Who would of thought that when we travelled home from Norwich Pride in 2019, it would be three years before we returned? It’s been quite a journey that we’ve been through; we’ve faced really difficult and testing times. So fingers crossed the craziness of lock down is behind us; certainly just for now, normality is … More Wonderful Norwich Pride 2022
The bravery of Claire and Julie Parsons dealing with Mental Health Issues The trials and tribulations of agriculture can have a dramatic effect on our mental health and one Norfolk farmer knows the importance of self-care and being true to themselves. The Parsons family has seen their business decimated in recent years due to a … More Claire & Jules agricultural trials and tribulations
Trailblazing trans model April Ashley, one of the first people in the UK to have gender affirmation surgery, has died aged 86. One of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery, she was made an MBE in 2012 for her work campaigning for the transgender community. Born to a working-class family in Liverpool in … More Model, actress and trans trailblazer dies
Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues members of the community face. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the transgender people whose … More Transgender Awareness Week
It’s not unusual for a writer to dedicate a book to their parents – but for Garrard Conley to have dedicated Boy Erased to his mother and father and thanked them in the acknowledgements is more surprising, given that it is all about what they put him through. They are the ones who told him … More Boy Erased
This is an excellent resources for anyone just starting out on their gender journey. Just click on the image Many thanks to Petra for this resource
Updated Aug 2021This is the most recent information provided by each organisation by 2021-08-15. Waiting times indicate how long patients who have just been invited for an appointment have waited for. As demand is currently increasing over time, this means it is likely you will wait longer than the time shown. Waiting time information shown … More UK Gender Service Waiting Times
The Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health network (NCTHnet) launched a new national pilot in June 2021 for people who live in the East of England. A new service has been developed that is nurse and GP lead and based in two locations in the East of England. One base is in Cambridge and the second, … More East of England Gender Service
Petra a long serving member of Oasis, talks about her joy of joining the Women’s Institute sisterhood and her mission to bust myths about transgender people. To read her full article published in the latest on line version of this magazine click on the image or this link. No sooner had Petra finished penning this … More The WI welcomed me to the sisterhood
TransActual have produced information regarding support from your GP. It covers the following topics: Changing your name and sex marker Referral to a Gender Dysphoria Clinic Shared care Prescribing and monitoring hormones Bridging prescriptions Post-surgical care Cancer screening Your rights under the Equality Act (2010) What happens if you encounter difficulties? Interested in find out … More TransActual Support
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