Trans Wise Trans Strong

In this episode I will celebrate gender diversity in songs of the twentieth century, and discuss the following songs; He’d Rather Be A Girl (1954) by Ruth Wallis, I’m A Boy (1966) by The Who, Lady Godiva’s Operation (1968) by The Velvet Underground, Candy Says (1969) by The Velvet Underground, Queen Bitch (1971) by David Bowie, Lady Stardust (1972) by David Bowie, Walk on the Wilde Side (1972) By Lou Reed, Sweet Transvestite (1973) song by Richard O'Brien, sung by Tim Curry, Rebel Rebel (1974) by David Bowie, I Want To Break Free (1984) by Queen, Androgynous (1984) by The Replacements, As Girls Go (1992) by Suzanne Vega, Mr. Lady (1997) by The Lunachicks, King for a Day (1997) by Green Day, Born A Girl (1998) by Manic Street Preachers, Josephine (1998) by Terrorvision and Reflection (1999) by Christina Aguilera.

In this episode I will look back at one year of Trans Wise Trans Strong, and events that have impacted the trans, non-binary and intersex communities in 2025, and early 2026.

This is the first of an occasional series called Portrait of...and the first Portrait is of Dr Magnus Hirschfeld, who founded the world's first Gender Identity Clinic in the Berlin of the Weimar Republic.

In this episode I will describe gender identities from A to Z and for a bit of fun, you can test your knowledge by seeing how many gender identities you know.

This episode is an interview with Kestral Gaian, which was recorded at the end of December 2025.

In this episode I will explore how the medical profession's understanding of being transgender has changed over time.

In this episode, I will explain the origin, meaning, and evolution of the letters that make up the initialism LGBTQIA+.

In this episode I will consider the implication of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of, "For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent)", which ruled on the meaning of biological sex, and illustrate with examples, that the notion of humans being a strictly binary species, either male or female, is not an absolute.